🍾 Krug Rosé 24ème Édition

Krug Rosé 24ème Édition is a non-vintage rosé Champagne from the house Krug in Reims.

According to the house, this Édition of Krug Rosé was composed around the 2012 harvest: a blend of 22 wines from 7 different years, the youngest from 2012 and the oldest from 2006; reserve wines make up 50 % of the blend. According to the house, Krug Rosé dates back to 1976: white base wines are completed with traditionally macerated Pinot Noir red wines, which make up 11 % of this Édition's final blend. A new Édition appears each year.

The house Krug is based in Reims; it was founded in 1843 by Joseph Krug.

The boundaries of the Champagne area were set by a law of 6 May 1919: parts of the Marne, Aube, Aisne, Haute-Marne and Seine-et-Marne departments. The designation’s specification allows seven grape varieties, dominated by Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier; grapes are picked as whole bunches, that is by hand, and the yield is limited to 10,400 kg per hectare.

According to the Comité Champagne, Champagne is served chilled to 8–10 °C, and bottles are kept in the dark at a steady 10–15 °C, without vibration. An opened bottle is best closed with a sparkling-wine stopper and kept cold.

It is sold under the protected designation of origin Champagne: the bubbles come only from a second fermentation in the bottle, and the wine is aged for at least 15 months before sale (36 for vintage). Check the label for the sugar term (brut, extra brut and so on): the house does not state it on the wine's page.

Why it matters to you. No year on the label means it is not a vintage wine: the house may blend wines from different harvests. The WHO reminds: there is no safe level of alcohol.