2006 Krug Champagner Vintage Gantenbein licorice and candied flowers on

licorice and candied flowers on the highly perfumed nose

The core shows lean

The oak is integrated to the point of invisibility

never ostentatious

" as Wittmann emphasizes

2006 Krug Champagner Vintage Gantenbein licorice and candied flowers onParker Kelley 97 points: Krug's superb 2006 Brut, which will be released this year, numbers among the vintage's high points, unfurling in the glass with a complex and expressive bouquet of tarte tatin, warm biscuits, ginger, honeycomb, dried white flowers, smoke and toasted nuts. On the palate, the wine is full bodied, broad and textural, with a fleshy attack that reflects the warm vintage but segues into a beautifully vibrant palate that's deep and