Krug, Clos du Mesnil

No doubt a decent champagne in a tougher vintage. It’s good, but not a vintage that screams Mesnil class. I’m happy to drink it, just not willing to pay the price as it’s not worth the Mesnil tariff.

2003 vintage

Dinner with Bad Bunny Part II : PnP. Rich and uncuous with crisp honey and lime zest. Finish a touch short.

2003 vintage

1559, OWC, 413064. Purity and ripeness in honey brioche orchard. Firm sweet palate leaving little to be desired. 94

2003 vintage

1559, OWC. Sweet and sour toasted brioche over focused white fruit. Somehow works magically as the vintage ripeness melts with Krug acidity. Linear, so delicious. 94-95+

2003 vintage

Deeper in color than the 2004. The flute glass is having a blast with many superfine small strings of bubbles. Scent: First comes dill, toasted (almost roasted) spices, peach, citrus, yellow apples. On empty glass perhaps soft pear, bread and light honey, Taste: Dill, toasted (almost roasted) spices, citrus, waterish yellow apples, sour peach, sour mango, light mineral. On the finish comes lime. It has a similarity in its taste register to the standard Krug 2003 vintage. Has many more …

2003 vintage

One from the John file. Stunning, for sure.

2003 vintage

Med+ golden color, big bubbles. Bruised apple, caramel, hazelnut. Very nutty on the palate, good weight, yet super elegant, high acidity, long long finish.

2003 vintage

Mini Rousseau Check-In : Magnum. Krug is Krug, even in 03 already less sweet than the range of 02/06s today. Precise, firm tannins, fresh white fruit, light brioche, citrus fruit. Elegant and complex if less so than other vintages. 94

2003 vintage

Excellent richness and intensity with fairly mature yellow fruit and toasted chalky minerals. No signs of oxidation although the ripeness and slight absence of the usual Mesnil precision is apparent from the warm vintage. Maintains excellent freshness and vigor though and the finish is very complex with notes of spices and a touch of caramel crunch. I like where this is now but no rush to drink.

2003 vintage

Opened at Otto e Mezzo, via their Krug Ambassade Programme. P&P and enjoyed over a long lunch. What a way to kick off xmas lunch! CdM is my favourite champagne of all time, though this was my first experience with 2003. White flowers and pears coming through at the start, but with some air the buttery / toasty / yeasty notes really started to shine. Though it was wonderfully fresh upon opening, it was definitely 'rounder' than I expected - …

2003 vintage

Fresh.

2003 vintage

PnP. Subtle nose with less oxidative quality than typical aged Krug likely due to the BdB nature. Good maturity and very well integrated on the palate with an amazingly fine mousse. Extremely focused with such precision. Seems fairly straightforward and linear at first, but there's a nice depth of layered flavors, like a chameleon showcasing different qualities with each food.

2003 vintage

Linear and energetic, quite zesty. (5355)

2003 vintage

Very good. But time to drink up

2003 vintage

Wine Workshop: Clos du Mesnil vertical (Atera - 77 Worth Street in NYC) : Darker than the '04 and with more of a 'woodsy' character to it. It's earthy and perhaps a hint of oak and again a wine that has lots of flavor on the front and then just kindof melts in the mouth. Another lovely one which evolved quite a bit in the glass.

2003 vintage

Light yellow; lots of citrus and acidity, but the acidity somehow mellowed; reminds me a bit of Cristal - same style / expression; long lemony aftertaste; a quite good champagne, but what’s the hype? - I simply do not understand it - plenty of champagne out there, at the same quality level, for a fraction of the price

2003 vintage

Quite sadly this seemed oxidized and largely devoid of much flavor. Good acidity and fizz this disappointed and hoping it was simply a heat damaged bottle. Painful.

2003 vintage

A Multi Birthday Celebration (Tocco - Winnetka IL) : Small glass, brief note. Very rich, ripe and opulent with plenty of apple and toasted rye bread throughout. More advanced than I'd ideally prefer, but the power carries this through. I enjoyed this more than some other tasters tonight.

2003 vintage

Krug Clos du Mesnil – Complete Vertical 1979-2006 tasted blind (Singapore) : Wonderfully mineralic nose with brioche, oak and citrus elements. There is a generous sweetness intermixed with the acidity, similar in style of the Comtes de Champagne of Taittinger. Excellent, looks like it survived the canicule well. 97+

2003 vintage

Complete Vertical tasting of Clos du Mesnil en Magnum with Olivier Krug (Berens am Kai 1 star Restaurant) : Complete Clos du Mesnil Magnum tasting, all bottles opened 3 Hours before, not blind Again very convincing. Tropical fruits, lime apricot, honey, roasted macadamia. 97+

2003 vintage

Jasper Rousseau Chambertin. Classic, yeasty aromatics. Lively.

2003 vintage

Wow, a glorious 2003 with no signs of heavy or roasted fruit. Rich, sweet and layered fruit that is so pure and dense, yet lively and ethereal. Great stuff and in a terrific window (though note I prefer my bubbles younger).

2003 vintage

Dinner at Nico Osteria : This seemed a bit odd at first - perhaps the juxtaposition of a really reductive wine after the very oxidative Selosse and slightly browned/butterscotchy Roulot. But it came across with a lot of sulfury reduction that took a little air to clear, but was worth the wait. Absolutely brilliant once the reduction clears, with amazing depth to the fresh citrus and white fruited flavours, vivid mineral depth and yeasty accents, and the Krug oxidative notes …

2003 vintage

Dinner at Nico Osteria (Chicago, IL) : The nose on this was crazy -- it seemed to be highly reductive at first, with a bit of a stink that definitely blew off with air. There's was a hint of something akin to Welch's white grape juice (in a good way), as well as a bit of a sweet creaminess. The palate reveals a wine with that classic Krug power -- rich and powerful, but balanced by its minerality and acidity. …

2003 vintage

Alvin Birthday. Ripe, fatty and fruity. (1630)

2003 vintage

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