Krug - Champagner Clos du Mesnil 2008

FALSTAFF: „Mittleres Grüngelb, feine goldfarbene Reflexe, zartes, integriertes Mousseux. Ein Hauch frischer Limetten und Mandelkuchen, Nuancen von Orangenmarmelade, feine ätherische Nuancen, etwas Zitronenmelisse, dunkle Mineralität, facettenreiches Bukett. Am Gaumen straff, Biskuit ist unterlegt, stoffig und elegant, feine fruchtige Süße von reifem weißen Kernobst, zitronige Nuancen, etwas kandierte Kumquats, überzeugende Frische, salzige Noten, etwas Kräuterwürze im Abgang, verfügt über große Länge und sicheres Reifepotenzial, ein Wein von überzeugendem Tiefgang und Charakter."

JAMES SUCKLING: „This is a powerful, sensual and intense Blanc de Blancs with lots of chalk, lemon, apricot stone, walnut, flint, biscuit, toast, white grapefruit and quince. Vibrant. tight and structured. Tight bubbles and a sharp backbone of acidity. Very long and persistent. Keeps going. Still a baby. Dosage 4g/L. Drink or hold."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: „Disgorged a year ago, Krug's 2008 Blanc de Blancs Clos du Mesnil unwinds in the glass with notes of citrus oil, nougat, honeycomb, white flowers and a discreet hint of buttered toast and hazelnuts. Full-bodied, layered and chiseled, it's a taut, concentrated wine with a tightly wound core that's underpinned by a racy spine of acidity, complemented by a pretty pinpoint mousse and concluding with a long, chalky finish. Austerity without asperity is how I'd characterize this wine; and interestingly, though Krug likens their monovarietal single-vineyard cuvées to soloists vis-à-vis the orchestra of Grande Cuvée, in 2008 it's the Clos du Mesnil-sur-Oger—the soloist—that has produced the house's most complete wine. Given its structure and tension, it goes without saying that this will richly reward bottle age."

WINE SPECTATOR: „A harmonious Champagne that marries the power and grace of a prima ballerina. Delivers a racy streak of acidity that's effortlessly knit to the layered range of tangerine, madeleine cake, dried mint and white blossoms, pink grapefruit sorbet and crushed hazelnut and almond notes. Finely detailed in texture -- almost luxuriously creamy -- echoing a pronounced note of salty minerality on the finish. Disgorged summer 2021. Drink now through 2038."