2002 Krug Clos du Mesnil Blanc de Blancs
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100 JS / 100 DE / 99 WE / 98+ WA / 98 WS
This is a wine with staggering length and immense purity. It's as powerful as chardonnay can be, showcasing an incredible depth of pure fresh lemons, yellow grapefruit, honey and dried white and yellow flowers. The concentration and complexity of primary fruits are outstanding, and there are some more exotic flavors here too in the peach and green-mango spectrum. The texture is ultra-fine and creamy through the mid-palate, its majestic curves sweeping long around a sturdy mineral core. This is very silky and focused, offering gently creamy moments before twisting towards a composed, restricted and compressed chalk-like finish. It delivers an impression of chardonnay that captures incredible richness, fleshiness, persistence and power. Yet the acidity is staggering while being simultaneously perfectly balanced. Drink now but this will have a lot more to come after 2020. - James Suckling
Singly and emphatically the greatest Champagne release of recent years. Grand malic acidity of dizzyingly heightened proportions is swept up in an immense, all-consuming tidal wave of frothing, sea-salt minerality, crashing with such structure that any mortal wine would collapse breathless in its wake. Yet herein lies the triumph of 2002, the vintage that more than any other reverberates with looming structure, yet meets it commandingly with awe-inspiring fruit presence. This sets it with a life expectancy of a century, no less. - Tyson Stelzer, Decanter
2008 Krug Clos du Mesnil Blanc de Blancs
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100 FS / 99 VM / 99 JS / 98+ WA / 98 WS
Medium green-yellow, fine golden reflections, delicate, integrated mousse. A hint of fresh lime and almond cake, nuances of orange jam, fine ethereal nuances, some lemon balm, dark minerality, multi-faceted bouquet. Tight on the palate, biscuit is underpinned, full-bodied and elegant, fine fruity sweetness of ripe white pome fruit, lemony nuances, some candied kumquats, convincing freshness, salty notes, some herbal spice on the finish, has great length and secure aging potential, a wine of convincing quality Depth and character.-Peter Moser, Falstaff
Krug’s 2008 Clos du Mesnil, tasted from two bottles, is a very, very special Champagne. Soaring aromatics, fine, chiseled fruit and understated depth are the signatures of a Champagne that is immediately captivating. Bright, salivating acids run through a core of citrus fruit, lemon oil, slate, chalk, mint and white pepper. A touch of reduction and a superb, fine mousse move the 2008 into a realm that straddles Champagne and a distinctly Burgundian expression of Chardonnay. The 2008 is going to be expensive, and I am already hearing that allocations will be miniscule. For readers who can find it, the 2008 is an essential Clos du Mesnil that will take its place among the greatest vintages made here, specifically the 1979, 1988 and 1996. If anyone wants to organize a comparative tasting of the four, plus maybe the 2004, I’m game! The 2008 Clos du Mesnil is a magnificent Champagne to savor over the next several decades. - Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media
