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Krug 1990

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Tasting Notes

A particularly fresh example of this wine but still very full bodied and expansive.

Score: 18

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2000-2015 27 April 2010

At its finest, the 1990 Vintage is superb, revealing a slightly oxidized style, but a full-bodied, rustic, rich personality with the body of a red wine, but loads of character. I cannot recommend the 1989 Vintage as three bottles tasted were all oxidized, possibly from bad storage, but who knows?

Score: 95

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 01 December 2005

At its finest, the 1990 Vintage is superb, revealing a slightly oxidized style, but a full-bodied, rustic, rich personality with the body of a red wine, but loads of character.

Score: 95

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 01 December 2005

An aristocrat. Big-boned and intense, yet with finesse and complex flavors of coconut, whole-grain bread, ginger, citrus and honey. Waves of flavor saturate the palate and the long finish picks up a mineral and smoke note. Very harmonious from start to finish. Drink now through 2020.

Score: 97

Bruce Sanderson, Wine Spectator Maturity: 2005-2020 30 November 2005

Full copper-gold color. Initially restrained, brooding nose exploded with aeration, showing apple, orange, apricot, honey, iodine, smoke, hazelnut, macadamia and a suggestion of dry oloroso sherry. Dense, full, chewy and rich; an extraordinarily solid Champagne with an intriguing suggestion of Calvados. Broadens toward the back and goes on and on on the echoing aftertaste, with rich, mellow notes of toffee, brown butter and marrow. Like the '92 Clos du Mesnil, this displays its powerful underlying acidity with aeration (Krug's wines never go through malolactic fermentation) and should be long-lived. (97+ Points)

Score: 97

Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar 01 November 2004