Description

• Alcohol %: 12.5%
• Decant Time: 20 minutes
• Taste: brioche, hazelnut / praline, toasted bread, golden apple, pear, zesty lemon / citrus peel, yeasty / bakery, creamy mousse, fine bubbles, saline / minerality, almond, white pepper & spice, toasted coffee / light roast, umami, long, chalky finish
• Food Matching: Shellfish (crab, lobster), Yellowtail nigiri / sushi, Crottin Chavignol (goat cheese), BLT sandwich, Dark chocolate (in moderation)
• Grape Variety: Pinot Noir : 46%, Chardonnay : 37%, Pinot Meunier : 17%,

Tasting note

2011 年的庫克典藏香檳展現出優雅而豐富的層次：第一印象是烘烤麵包、奶油夾心與榛果糖，接著綻放出金蘋果、梨與柑橘皮的清新果香。氣泡細緻綿密，口感奶油般圓潤但又有清晰的檸檬酸度與岩石般的礦物感支持，餘韻悠長，帶出些許烘烤、香料與鹹味的複雜性。 酒莊與釀造：庫克傳承以「按年況而作」的哲學挑選能講述該年份故事的園塊，最後成酒在酒窖中靜置十年左右才裝瓶出貨。採傳統香檳法長時間與酒泥接觸，低劑量調糖，讓酒體既有豐滿的口感也保留精緻度。 葡萄園與年份：2011 年為氣候反常的一年，開花與成熟時序有所顛倒，但庫克透過審慎選材，挑出能保留活力與風土痕跡的地塊——古老的白堊/礫石土壤賦予酒款那股緊緻的礦感與鹹韻。 品飲建議：冰鎮後直接飲用即可；若想更快打開香氣，可先醒約 20 分鐘。最適合搭配精緻海鮮、生魚片、山羊乳酪或作為慶祝時刻的主角。

2011 Krug Vintage Brut is a majestic, deeply layered Champagne born from a year of unusual weather and crafted “according to the circumstances.” Aromas open to brioche, hazelnut praline, toasted bread and light-roasted coffee, over a core of golden apple, pear and candied citrus peel. On the palate it shows expansive volume and a creamy, fine-bubbled texture balanced by vivid, lemony acidity and a chalky minerality. Notes of spice, almond and a gentle salinity emerge through a long, precise finish. Producer notes: Krug approaches each vintage as a unique story; the House selects parcels that best express the year and ages the final blend for more than a decade in its cellars to achieve depth and harmony. Winemaking notes: Made by the traditional method with extended lees ageing (around ten years in Krug’s cellars before disgorgement), careful blending and a restrained Brut dosage. Bottled under cork, the wine reflects meticulous cellar work—evolutionary autolysis and tertiary layers are evident. Vineyard notes: The 2011 growing season in Champagne was marked by atypical timing and contrasting temperatures. Krug’s selection highlights parcels that retained freshness and aromatic intensity despite the vintage’s challenges, with parcels grown on classic Champagne soils lending chalky tension and saline drive. Serve well-chilled; decant briefly if you want the aromatics to open (about 20 minutes). Excellent with refined shellfish, delicate sushi, goat cheeses or as an elegant celebration wine.

Winery

庫克是香檳界的經典酒莊，以重視年份表現與細緻調配見長。酒莊不是只挑最頂級的葡萄，而是挑出最能講述該年故事的園塊，再以長時間窖藏與精細調和來塑造豐富與耐久的風格。現屬 LVMH 集團，但在操作與風格上仍保有濃厚的手工與傳承精神。

Krug is one of Champagne’s most revered Houses, founded on a philosophy of individuality and the relentless pursuit of quality. Rather than selecting only the 'best' parcels, Krug chooses the wines that most clearly express each vintage's story, then elevates them through exceptionally long cellar ageing. Now part of the LVMH group, Krug remains distinguished by meticulous blending, cellar mastery and an emphasis on complexity and longevity.