Krug 1982

Krug '82 will soon join the ranks of the legendary wines. It has all the bricks needed to build a mighty castle. The fruit is enormous, the acidity, the concentration, the house's barrel tones: all are present and correct. The '82, along with the '89, is the most full-bodied wine to come from the property since 1976, but has a far greater elegance than that vintage. The nose's spectrum embraces nuts, coffee, butter, sun-dried sheets, toffee-wrappers, orchids, vanilla, balsam poplars, and oranges. Most of these aromas are found once again in the explosive taste.

Not yet in its second life. Hasn't evolved enough to be in the Collection phase. Much paler and greener. Lovely sweet brioche nose. Very, very dense and tight and lively. Dom Pérignon-like. Creamy, fine, dense: lots of energy. Very, very tight. In between, long, tense, vibration. Very, very long (I could definitely see a relationship with the ‘64). Quite big and ripe.