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HOW TO IDENTIFY THE AGE OF A KRUG GRANDE CUVÉE

Posted on November 5, 2012 by vintomas

Krug Grande Cuvée, the non-vintage/multivintage version of Krug and the most
commonly encountered Champagne of the Krug range, is a wine that can be cellared
for quite a long time. The preference of many Krug enthusiasts is to always
drink it with some cellar age. From mid-2011 an ID code has been included on the
back label by means of which information about disgorgement and vintages in the
blend can be retrieved from the Krug website. On bottles from 2011 and earlier
some information about their age can be concluded from the label design and in
some cases from a code printed on the cork. This is a summary on how to
interpret these clues, that I’ve put together from different information
sources, including info on some special releases.

Krug Grande Cuvée has been sold since 1978. Before that the non-vintage Krug was
called Private Cuvée. In connection with this name change Krug switched from
regular-shaped Champagne bottles to bottles of the shape they still use, with a
larger diameter at the bottom and a narrower neck.

Label designs from left to right: beige (or matt-yellow) with ID code, beige
without ID code, gold, white, yellow.

Information on the label

The colour of the label and other features of the label design identifies the
approximate age of the bottle. The years below indicate which years the bottles
were sold by Krug:

* Tentatively from late 2016-: beige label with an edition number on the front
label and ID code on the back label. From the regular release of Krug Grande
Cuvée with base vintage 2008 the labels will carry an edition number, but
will otherwise look like the bottles from 2011-2016. The release with 2008 as
the base vintage is the 164ème edition. The number 1 (”1er edition”) thus
corresponds to the year 1845. Special releases with older base vintages will
also carry an edition number from 2016. Early 2016, the 158ème edition
with 2002 base and 163ème edition with 2007 base, then the regular Krug
Grande Cuvée, were shown edition-numbered together with 2002 Krug Vintage.
* Mid-2011-2016: beige (I’ve also seen it called matt-yellow) label with ID
code. The front label is somewhat simplified compared to those without ID
code. The patterns on the sides of the label have been dropped, and “KRUG” is
written in a straight line on the lower shield of the neck foil. The back
label includes an ID code. The first bottles of this label design were from
the base vintage 2003.
* 2004-2011: beige label without ID code. On the sides of the front label there
is a flower-like pattern, and “KRUG” is written in a curved way on the lower
shield of the neck foil. All bottles have a letter code (V code) on their
cork (see below).
* 1995/96-2004: gold label with a lot of red in the design. “KRUG” is written
with golden letters on a red background. The neck foil is also gold-coloured
and there’s a large “K” high up on it. The younger bottles of this label
design have a letter code on their cork, and the older ones have a two-digit
code.
* 1982/83-1995/96: “white” (or pale yellow) label. To tell the difference
between yellow and white labels only based on the colour isn’t too easy,
since older labels can be somewhat faded. However, this label design also has
“GRANDE CUVÉE” written in small-size uppercase letters, has a narrow red line
around the edge (rather than a wide border), and a long neck foil that
reaches half-way down the narrowing part of the bottle and finishes with a
large shield.
* 1978-1982/83: yellow label. This label design can also be identified by the
wide red border on the label, by “Grande Cuvée” written in rather large-sized
lowercase letters (with uppercase G & C) and a shorter neck foil, that
basically only covers the straight part of the neck. The decision to
introduce Grande Cuvée and the new bottle design was taken in 1972, so the
base vintage in the oldest bottles of this label design is 1971 or 1972.

From left to right: purple with ID code, purple without ID code, older bottle.
The older bottle probably matches Grande Cuvée “white”. There is also a version
(not in the picture) that matches Grand Cuvée “gold”: it has the “K” on the neck
foil that can also be found on Grande Cuvée “gold”, and a neck foil in a lighter
colour.

Krug Rosé has been sold since 1983, and exists in four different versions, of
which three are shown in the picture. Krug Rosé also carries an ID code since
mid-2011, and has had its label changed in the same way as Grande Cuvée.
The Krug Rosé releases that match Grande Cuvée ”white” and Grande Cuvée ”gold”
differ less than the Grande Cuvée labels. One trick is to look for the large ”K”
on the neck foil, since that matches the Grand Cuvée ”gold”, while ”white”
doesn’t have a K.

ID code

The ID code, that was introduced in mid-2011, is a six digit code that has the
pattern PYYNNN, where YY = year of disgorgement, P = period during the year the
disgorgement took place, NNN = serial number of the batch. YY are the last two
digits of the year, i.e. 10 for 2010, 11 for 2011 and so on. P indicates which
two-month period during the year that the disgorgement took place, which means 1
= January/Febrary, 2 = March/April, 3 = May/June, 4 = July/August, 5 =
September/October, 6 = November/December.

Letter code on the cork (in this case a four-digit V code) and ID code on the
back label: V1131 matches ID 311028 and indicates disgorgement in 2011.

Codes on the cork

Printed on the rim of the cork one of the following can be found, sorted by
increasing age of the bottles:

* Letter code, a code starting with a letter, usually a V, and followed by
three or four digits, indicating the year of disgorgement (Y), period during
the year (P), and a serial number (N). There can also be some letters after
the digits. P is the same as in the ID code, i.e., 1 = January/Febrary, 2 =
March/April, 3 = May/June, 4 = July/August, 5 = September/October, 6 =
November/December.
* Four-digit letter code on the pattern VYYPN, for example V1131 which means
disgorged May/June 2011. This type of code is used on bottles with ID code
on the back label, i.e., bottles sold from mid-2011, and the oldest
disgorgement year with this type of code is 2010. The same YY+P information
is used in the ID code, but appears in reverse order. 211 and 311 in the ID
code corresponds to 112 and 113 on the cork.
* Three-digit letter code on the pattern V YPN (with a small space between
the letter and the first digit), for example V751 which means disgorged
September/October 2007. Is used on bottles with beige labels and younger
bottles with gold labels. I haven’t been able to pinpoint exactly when this
code was introduced, perhaps in the late 1990s? The youngest bottles with a
three-digit code were disgorged in 2010. The letter is often av V, but I’ve
seen an A several times and on occasion an M, but I haven’t figured out any
difference between the various letters.
* Two-digit code. The digits don’t seem to carry any information in the same
way as the younger codes. However, bottles with this code are older than
bottles with V code or M code, but younger than those without any code.
* No code at all. Corks with nothing printed on the rim indicates an older wine
than those with a two-digit code.

These codes are also used on vintage Krug, but in those cases the age of the
wine itself is not in question, although different disgorgement years often
do exist.

The code on the cork is visible without removing the muselet and the wires, so
in principle it would be possible to read it by removing a part of the foil,
although this would make the bottle look ugly and damaged.

Namned special releases

Krug has on some occasions during the “beige label” period released (or at least
presented at tastings) Krug Grande Cuvée bottles with special names. These
bottles have been re-releases of bottles that have been stored an additional
time by Krug and therefore been named/labelled in order to be told apart from
the current release. The name has been indicated either on the back label or a
small neck label. From 2016, such releases will probably be given its edition
number (see above) rather than a special name. The 2002 base that had earlier
been called Finesse was presented as the 158ème edition when the 2002 Krug
Vintage was presented. Known releases are the following, with their
corresponding edition numbers indicated:

* Fraîcheur, 1996 base, oldest reserve wine 1983. Edition number: 152ème.
* Richesse, 2000 base, oldest reserve wine 1988. Edition number: 156ème.
* Savoir-Faire, 2001 base, oldest reserve wine 1988 and an unusually high
proportion of reserve wines. Edition number: 157ème.
* Finesse, 2002 base, composition 44% Pinot Noir, 36% Chardonnay, and 20% Pinot
Meunier, oldest reserve wine 1988. Also known as 158ème edition (those
bottles had been disgorged spring 2008).
* Mémoires, 2003 base, oldest reserve wine 1990. Edition number: 159ème.

My main sources of information:

* A summary on the label designs written by Remi Krug in January 2005 after
their then recent change of labels, can be found on the forum finewines.se.
(The forum posts are in Swedish, but Krug’s quoted text is in English.)
* Matching of Remi Krug’s descriptions and bottles in his own cellar done by CH
at finewines.se.
* Description of the letter code by Nicolas Audebert, one of Krug’s winemakers,
in May 2005 quoted here.
* Description of the ID code and current vintages in the cuvée in connection
with the Krug Masterclass at Decanter Fine Wine Experience in November 2011.
* An article on the release of the 2002 Krug and the edition information on the
labels.
* Information on specific batches at Krug’s website, and for auctions directly
from Krug’s cellars (including one by Sothebys in December 2012)..
* Inspection of cork codes in connection with tastings.
* Pictures of older bottles that have been available for sale.

I would be very interested in hearing comments on this blog post in these two
cases:

* Any information having bearing on when the letter code was introduced, i.e.,
which letter codes (V codes or other letters) that are the oldest, and when
the two-digit codes were introduced.
* If you encounter any bottle which seem to fall outside this pattern.

Updated 2013-10 with some more information on Krug Rosé. A more substantial
update 2016-03 with info on edition numbers and releases with special names.

The Swedish version of this post can be found here.

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38 RESPONSES TO HOW TO IDENTIFY THE AGE OF A KRUG GRANDE CUVÉE

1. dalcoholic says:
December 30, 2012 at 00:00

Great article!! I have a bottle in my cellar from the 2004-2011 era. I
don’t want to open the foil, as you mention. There is a code etched into
the bottle itself just below the back label. There is a faint “LLLIHA”
followed by a slightly less faint “03175”. Do you have any thoughts on the
age of this one? Thanks!!

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* vintomas says:
December 30, 2012 at 02:36

I don’t really have a clue if the numbers in these bottle markings
contain any information, I’ve never seen them referred to. I just checked
a Krug vintage 1996 where I’ve kept the cork, and the bottle says LLLIW
1240 while the cork says V 651, so there doesn’t seem to be any obvious
connection between the cork code and the bottle markings. Many Champagne
houses use them, though, but probably to identify lots if they should
turn out to have quality problems, and for anti-fraud purposes. You could
try to email Krug and see if they are able to tell you anything about
your bottle.

2. WineMinxAnnie says:
January 5, 2013 at 21:44

Fantastic article, and exactly what I was curious about! I was trying to do
research to see for myself when each of the Grande Cuvee labels were used,
and you spelled it all out, and more. One question – do you know if the
rose labels were introduced for the same periods of time? Meaning, older
was 1983-2004 (which spans 2 GC labs,) purple w/o code 2004-2011 and purple
w/code 2011+? It makes sense the later two roses lined up with the later
two GCs as the designs are similar, but I thought I’d see if you knew.

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* vintomas says:
January 5, 2013 at 23:39

It seems reasonable to assume that the design for the rosé has been
changed at the same time as the Grande Cuvée, but I have not been able to
tell for sure if there is one label covering 1983-1995/96 and another
1995/96-2004. The rosé is much more rare, so I’ve seen much fewer older
bottles of rosé. The design is sufficiently different from GC so it’s not
obvious to which period the rosé in the photo (taken from a GC tasting in
the autumn of 2012).

Reply
* vintomas says:
October 19, 2013 at 14:21

Update: I recently noticed a picture of a Krug Rosé more closely
resembling the GC “gold” (95/96-04) design, including a Krug “K” on the
neck foil. So the older Krug Rosé in the picture above must be a 83-95
design. So, yes, there are different Krug Rosé designs for all the
different Grande Cuvée designs.

3. WineMinxAnnie says:
January 5, 2013 at 21:45

(Oops, I meant purple w/o code 2004-2011)

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5. Garrett DeVries says:
January 10, 2014 at 02:57

This is great. Thanks for posting this information.

6. Robert Watt says:
January 15, 2014 at 19:39

Thank you for this information. I have been a long time fan of Krug and it
is great to have this information on the Krug MV. I like to age the MV
Champagne 5-10 years and have been writing the month/year of purchase on
the back label to keep track of age. We just had our 17th annual blind
Champagne tasting in November and the 2000 Krug came out on top. Both the
Krug vintage and MV Champagnes have done very well over the years. If you
want to see the results of our blind Champagne tastings, take a look at our
blog http://www.exactwines.com Thanks again.

7. kay gray says:
September 23, 2014 at 21:58

HI I HAVE A BOTTLE OF KRUG PRIVATE CURVEE CHAMP NUMBER LEFT SIDE OF LABLE
IS NM 3042 212 RIGHT SIDE HDR 300108 KRUG AND CO OR REIMS CREAM SQUARE
CORNERED MATT LABLE WITH BLACK PRINT. GOLD FOIL NECK WITH BURGENDY COLLER
WITH GOLD LETTERS IVE HAD IT OVER 25 YEARS CAN YOU TELL ME HOW OLD THIS IS
THANKS KAY X

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* vintomas says:
September 23, 2014 at 22:13

Hello kay gray! Unfortunately, the numbers you quote doesn’t tell the
age. The “NM” numbers are just Krug’s registry code as producer, and the
HDR might perhaps be some postal code. Krug Private Cuvée was sold until
1978, so this bottle is from 1978 or earlier, i.e., at least 36 years
old. It is possible that the label design and the foil can give some
additional clues as to the age of a bottle of Private Cuvée, but
unfortunately I don’t have any information regarding this.

8. Martin Gormsen says:
November 2, 2014 at 08:45

Thank you for your very helpfull blog. It’s things like this there will
save humanity.

Among others old NV’s I have two different bottles with the White label.
The first one is identical with the one on the picture above and have NM
number 225-001. The second bottle is a little different: “Reims” is written
with a little difference in the typografis, it’s “750 ml” instead og “75
cl”, it’s on the krug label stated “importato da Marchesi Antinori” and the
NM number is 3.042.212. It’s obvious an Italian import. It leaves me with
two questions: There seems to be a change in the NM number over time. Can
this be used to determine the age more precise? And have the Italian
Antinori import taken place in the full period for the White label. In
others words; can this be used to determine the age more precise? Kind
regards Martin

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* vintomas says:
November 2, 2014 at 11:03

Possibly it could be used to “nail down” the age of the bottle more
precisely, but unfortunately I have no information about import labels.
They don’t seem to have been used for some time, though, because I’ve
never seen any on the more recent versions. The current producer code is
NM 549-001, by the way, at least on the bottle I had in my fridge. All
NM, RM or other codes I’ve noticed (not just on Krug bottles) have the
structure of today, so “3.042.212” must be an older version. – I’ll have
to check other older Champagne bottles I come across! So it seems
reasonable to assume that this is an older rather than a younger bottle
in the “white range”, probably from the 1980s rather than the early
1990s.

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10. Michael S. says:
June 2, 2015 at 21:14

I had two bottles with the V-code with 3 digits:
V 351 (gold look)
V 721 (beige look without ID)

I don’t know if this helps you pinpoint anything regarding the codes. I
would really like to know about which vintages etc. was used for the last
one.

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* vintomas says:
June 2, 2015 at 22:08

Well, the first one was disgorged in 2003 and the second one in 2007. The
base vintage might be 2000 (or thereabouts, +/- 1 year), since about 7
years between vintage and disgorgement has been rather common for bottles
slightly younger than this one (where the base vintage has been known).
The oldest reserve wine might be from the late 1980s.

11. linda says:
July 3, 2015 at 14:31

Hi – we have a bottle of krug grande cuvee with the gold label that was
given to us as a gift around 2005 0r a couple yrs. earlier. We only drink
kosher wine (!) so it has just sat there. From this article I understand it
is still drinkable. Correct? I guess it would make a great gift for
someone! Thanks for your help

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* vintomas says:
July 3, 2015 at 14:49

If properly stored (not too hot, not too dry – it mostly depends on the
condition of the cork), a Krug is not just drinkable but most likely
better after 10 years. With the long foil over the neck it’s not that
easy to tell if the fill level is as new, but if you turn the bottle
upside down you can see if the “air bubble” looks reasonably small. Also,
there should be no signs of seepage.

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13. Ozzy says:
May 30, 2016 at 17:35

Hi I was given a bottle Krug rose Grande Cuvee a few years ago I think it’s
white label number on the label is written NM-225-001 and the side of the
label a number 14008675 could you please tell me what year this is produced
and when it is fine to consume till.

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* vintomas says:
May 30, 2016 at 17:46

Sorry, can’t help you. The NM part is just Krug’s registration number and
doesn’t tell which year. Serials numbers printed on the labels could
possibly say something, but I have no info to help you decode it. You
could match the look of the bottle/label to what’s shown here to find the
age. Unfortunately, I don’t have as good a lineup of the rosé bottles as
of the regular Grande Cuvée. In general, if the fill level is OK, the
cork isn’t leaky and the colour isn’t too dark, you could expect the
contents to be very good!

14. Barry (@scyrene) says:
May 31, 2016 at 16:57

Fantastic post. I’ve been eyeing up a bottle in a small shop recently, and
knew the label was an older style, but this helps narrow it down a lot,
many thanks!

15. champanski says:
September 7, 2016 at 22:46

great article! thanks! So a 1995 krug would be a V85 and then possibly a 2
for march/april and a 1 as a random number? v8521, is that correct? are
those random numbers also double digits sometimes?

16. enzo says:
September 22, 2016 at 13:01

the third bottle (the bottle in the middle of the first photo) is a 1988?

i have one like that and krug told me: Dear Enzo, it seems your Krug Grande
Cuvée has been re-created in 1988 and left the Krug cellars in 1998. The
blend includes wines from 70’s and 80’s.
Best regards,

17. Michael Tschuertz says:
February 26, 2018 at 16:05

Hello, a few things i noticed looking at my empty Krug Bottles. Around 85
the bottle colour changes from light green to darker green. in fact i have
one vintage 85 which is lighter and another one which is darker, also the
labels changed somewhat. i also have 88, 89 and 90 vintage all with
different labels. also during the white GC phase where on the inside of the
frontlabel there is a date like 14.03.84. also somethnig that Oliver Krug
told me to look out for.

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* vintomas says:
February 26, 2018 at 22:44

Thanks for that info, I hadn’t heard of that change before.

18. Billy says:
March 7, 2018 at 15:47

Is it possible that a gold label is still dinkable?

Reply
* vintomas says:
March 7, 2018 at 20:21

Absolutely! If reasonably properly stored it is highly likely, and not
just drinkable but highly enjoyable. Some of them have been less than 15
years on the market, and the “life expectancy” of a good wine (Krug is
high acid = long lasting) is much more under good storage condition.

19. Travis Scott says:
May 30, 2018 at 01:09

Sorry, I already posted this comment to the wrong section, you can delete
one or the other.
You are missing the metal label rosé with the silver neck foil. I think it
must come between the plum neck foil and the first pink label, it looks
like it matches with the gold foil grande cuvée. I can send you some
pictures if you want.
I also wanted to thank you for making this page, it has been helpful for me
when I explore these older Krug NVs. Thanks again.

Reply
* vintomas says:
May 31, 2018 at 08:21

Thanks for the info. It doesn’t surprise me that I might have missed one
version, since the Krug Rosés are “spotted” less often. And it does make
sense that there is a version to match every version of the Grande Cuvée.

20. Tony Fulster says:
November 17, 2018 at 15:02

Is it possible to find the actual year of a White Label ? Only you have a
range from 1982/83 and 1995/96

Reply
* vintomas says:
November 17, 2018 at 16:50

Not as far as I know, as most clues that identify a specific release have
been introduced later. This was in a time when the line from Krug (just
like from most Champagne houses) was that all releases taste the same.
There might of course have been minor changes to the label over this
approx 13 year period, but I have no information about that.

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* Tony Fulster says:
November 17, 2018 at 18:56

Many thanks for taking the trouble to reply Tomas. I needed the
information due to an Auction coming up, and even they don’t know the
year. (me thinks 1995/6 years) and will progress on that basis

21. NJS says:
September 2, 2019 at 02:31

Has the cork identifier changed? I had an Edition 165 and the corks says
v164. The Edition 165 was disgorged in fall 2016 according to several
reviews (they could very well all be wrong). For the 3 digit codes, your
article would suggest disgorgement in 2011 or 2001, neither of which is
true. Even if there were 4 numbers and I didn’t notice the last number,
this would suggest a disgorgment in Jun/Jul 2016, which the various reviews
don’t support.

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* vintomas says:
September 2, 2019 at 06:37

Does the cork and ID code on the bottle (label) match in this case?
Basically, the ID code is to be used when it exists, and the cork code
turns out to be useful for some years before the ID code was introduced.
The Edition number now means you know the base vintage anyway. In any
case I’ve noticed at least one case where the cork code and ID code have
been one “period” (a couple of months) out of sync. In your case, if it
is period 4 in 2016 = July/August 2016, that seems pretty close to fall
of 2016 to me…

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