Krug Clos d'Ambonnay Prestige

Clos d'Ambonnay comes from a 0.685-hectare walled plot of Pinot Noir in Ambonnay that Krug acquired in 1994; the first vintage was 1995, released in 2007. Like its sister Clos du Mesnil, it is a single-vineyard, single-grape, single-vintage wine — Champagne stripped to its narrowest possible expression.

Each release sees a small number of bottles and the wine is positioned as one of the most expensive prestige cuvées in the world. Pinot Noir from this site is dense and powerful; long lees ageing in the Krug cellars reins it in without softening the structure.