Tasting the Legends: DOM PÉRIGNON vs. KRUG Grand Cuvee Champagne

[@markcordwell2625]

Your enthusiasm is so infectious, you really are a joy to watch, and thank you for showing yourself actually tasting the wine, even if it was only one. Looking forward to you next vid.

[@NoSediment]

Thank You for tuning in. I think tasting wines on camera is essential part of discussing them. We all can read critics views and descriptors, but we will never know how we feel about them unless we taste them ourselves.

[@danfarmer6730]

I’m an older person and have never tasted Dom Perignon but after seeing how much you enjoyed this I may have to buy a bottle. Thanks Agneses, Merry Christmas

[@17096113]

i am 63 Take the Krug, it's not cheap, but you have to drink it once, Best champagne I've drunk and there were many

[@tun10011]

I suggest that you get another basic sparkling to compare it with

[@Alix777.]

I'm not really into Champagne, but this video was delicious 😋 Happy New Year ! 🎉

[@NoSediment]

That is such a beautiful compliment, thank You! 🙏🏻

[@Colin-o9b]

Great Champagne 🍾🥂 video Agnese! You deserve the finest of the finest bubbles! 💓 Happy Holidays!

[@dangareau3143]

I have never been big on champagne in general but when you do videos on it your enthusiasm comes through in droves!! I so wish I could enjoy it on such a level but… unfortunately not. Still a great episode. KILLER outfit too btw.

[@NoSediment]

It is fine, we all are built differently! 🥂 Cheers and happy New Year! 🥳

[@andrewkarl5174]

Another great video. That jacket though steels the show. Cheers, happy holidays

[@NoSediment]

Hahaha, yes! Long ago I bought it, and only now it has finally found its purpose’ ✨

[@LadyAceRoxy]

I have never tasted a grand cuvée, and never tasted Krug, but this video was a lot of fun! I think we might open up some Doyard or some Bollinger to celebrate the end of the year! Cheers to you!

[@NoSediment]

Cheers to You and happy New Year’ 🥳 thank You for being with No Sediment! 🥂✨

[@andy90204]

Thanks for the wonderful video👍Just bought Krug 172! Can’t wait to try it

[@NoSediment]

Perfect! 👌 👌

[@petemccutchen3266]

Celebrating our last night in Australia, at a Chinese Restaurant of all things, my wife and I had a bottle of the 2013 Dom Perignon. And before getting the Coravin for Champagne, we bought a case of half bottles of the Krug. I agree with your overall assessment; both are wonderful. I might not be as articulate as you in describing them, but you seem right on. However, my two favorite Champagne selections are Cristal and, most favorite, Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill. I think both outshine DP and Krug. I also like the non-vintage Pol Roger for an ordinary sparkler, and I think that the Vintage Pol Roger (their intermediate wine) stacks up well against both DP and Krug.

[@NoSediment]

Pol Roger is a great champagne, I completely agree with You. Unfortunately, due to a very specific distributer here, I have never been able to really dive into their champagne world.

[@abucherify]

Your description is really mouthwatering! 😋

[@NoSediment]

Cheers! 🥂

[@dave7mm083]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Agnesa from Texas USA

[@NoSediment]

May You have a joyful next year! Cheers! 🥂

[@gonzoducks8]

I found Dom Pérignon 2015 for 250 today. Usually in the big stores (in Los Angeles) they go for 300+. But I'm baby sitting my Siberians 🐺 from the fireworks today, sick, so I settled for 3 bottles of Corpinnat instead. I also found some 2021 Raymond Usseglio & Fils Chateauneuf du Pape that I wanted to get but had to say to myself next week 😆.

[@NoSediment]

I understand what You mean, I am fortunate in that way, my dog is not really bothered by the fireworks. Some people told me it is because they are bread hunting dogs, so they shouldn’t be afraid of loud noises. But I also have never trained him in that way. Corpinnat sounds really lovely, You should be in good hands! ✨

[@gonzoducks8]

@@NoSediment it's only 2 out of 6. The rest aren't bothered by them. The Corpinnat was great. I found Gramona Imperial 2014 at a liquor store near work. Not some nice liquor, one a sketchy-sque area but I couldn't believe it because the big stores don't carry any Corpinnat.

[@remifjelldal7299]

I saw your cedric bouchard RdJ in there, the best of Cote de Bar. what a beauty. Hope there is a video coming at one point as with the Laherte and Chartogne-Taillet. but on topic, great video! Keep it up!

[@NoSediment]

Roses de Jeanne, yes, I would love to get an interview with Cedric Bouchard, it would be epic. I agree! I will keep my fingers crossed 🤞

[@ray4sp]

Hi Agnese, great video and perfect timing as I have just attended a tasting with LVMH. Had blanc and rose Dom Ruinart NV and 2015 DP and Krug. My review was very similar to yours. I found the DP to be rounder but I preferred the Krug as it was brighter and a little more acidic. A few days before, I had attended a tasting with Maison Marques & Domaines and tasted Cristal ( 2015 if I remember correctly ) and the 2016 Roderer Rose, the latter being a big surprise as I preferred it to ther Cristal. It was pale, dry, crisp and not sweet at all. I believe, as with most of these champagnes, that the dosage was around 7g - I must admit to totally blowing my budget this Christmas season. Cheers and best wishes for the holidays.

[@NoSediment]

Fancy tastings!!! 🥂🥂🥂 I do hope You enjoyed to the fullest’

[@shaunsandow2073]

They’re both excellent…but Pol Winston is my favorite; and I look forward to our Winston day in March - Salon is good too but too expensive for all but a fancy one-off. Oh, and the Andre Clouet 1911 (name, not vintage), best value.

[@Fisklina]

Could not agree more about Clouet 1911! The value for money is off the charts, in my opinion. And Pol Winston is magnificent as well. I was lucky enough to pick up a bottle of 1990 and a 1998 together with a couple of wine geek friends.

[@martinmollerup2265]

Well, in my honest opinion, KRUG blows Dom P. out of the water :)

[@NoSediment]

Hahaha! 🤣

[@Fisklina]

Rarely are such true words spoken 👌

[@SirWussiePants]

As I have gotten older I find I prefer sparkling Rieslings more. There are several Finger Lakes wineries that make Sparkling Rieslings that are just heavenly. But then I love my acidity, so Riesling, Sparkling Riesling, Late Harvest Riesling and Riesling Ice Wine all make my mouth water.

[@khanguyen4868]

lots of california sparklers have crazy acid too. bxt, under the wire, racines, caraccioli. almost all independent sparkling projects are extra brut/non dosage

[@yriafehtivan]

Shelton Vineyards in North Carolina does a really fun sparkling Riesling.

[@shaunsandow2073]

Value vs quality finger lakes fizz is great…oddly there’s also some British fizz that’s also excellent; as the only wine the uk produces that’s good

[@SirWussiePants]

​@@shaunsandow2073prior to prohibition the Finger Lakes produced the majority of US sparkling. I believe they used Cayuga White grapes back then

[@palandi]

Sveiki, Agnese! I tried Dom Pérignon only once (a 2003 vintage that I bought in 2013 and opened in 2021). It was delicious, although I really think some producers (Bérèche, Philipponnat) come really close with their "basic" cuvées, for a third or a quarter of the price. That said, I would never refuse a glass of DP 😅 Curiously, my only wine purchase at this year's Black Friday was a bottle of Krug Grand Cuvée 171ère, because the price (in Brazil) was just 15 euro above the price in France, and I'm not going to open it right now. I like the "low key, classical" marketing of Krug, in opposition to Dom Pérignon's, but in the end the wine is the only thing that really matters. Let's see how it goes when I open it, although I'm not in a hurry - even if I've never tried Krug before... I'm curious as to how would LVMH's third cuvée prestige, La Grande Dame, would behave among these two bottles you tried in the video. Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus!

[@NoSediment]

Good idea, I should prepare myself financially for this video as well! 🤞🥂

[@ahumpage]

I appreciate the comparison but my long-time favorite is Krug, and I won't be changing. Brands come, brands go, Krug remains.

[@NoSediment]

I completely understand You! 🥂🥂🥂 Cheers and happy New Year!

[@niclasaronsson8939]

Thanks again for a most entertaining video and informative. Champagne is the wine of wines so to say. This coming New Year me and my spouse will put up a fight betwen Krug and Deutz. Suppose Krug will win by far! :):)

[@NoSediment]

Both great houses, It seems to me You are going to have a very bubbly New Year! Cheers! 🥂

[@JannesJustus]

AINT NO SEDIMENTS IN MY WINE 🙏🙏🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@NoSediment]

NO SEDIMENT 🙌🙌🙌

[@bluddyrowdy8757]

For the Algo-rhythm Thank YOU

[@NoSediment]

Thank You too’ 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@willyegli9290]

Your passion is wonderful⚘️ NB: BOLLINGER is very close to both - cheers🥂and thank you💖

[@NoSediment]

Bollinger is one of my top Champagnes, for sure’

[@willyegli9290]

@NoSediment what do you think about DEUTZ ? - thank you⚘️

[@hughmccabe5514]

Is that a penguin and her chick on your teeshirt? Lovely review by the way.

[@NoSediment]

Hahah, no way. That is an oyster’ 🦪 🦪🦪

[@TheLuftie]

Honestly bot brands for me are a bid overated due to their names ? For my Jacques Selosse is a great Champagne or a house like Jean Diot with their extase boise !

[@NoSediment]

I do think that Selosse falls within these hot brands and is definitely more expensive than these bottles! Saying this - I couldn’t agree with You more EPIC wines they make’ 🥂

[@seminky5341]

I have only tried 3 vintage champagnes, thus far. Dom, Le grand annee and belle opoque. Out of these i rate Dom being the lowest.

[@NoSediment]

Those are not just regular vintage Champagnes 😉, those are cuvée prestige! 🥂 All great Champagnes, and it shows that we could be friends, because we wouldn’t fight over the Champagnes! 🥂🥂🥂 Cheers and Happy New Year! 🥳

[@seminky5341]

@NoSediment ohhh now i know! All this while i thought it was just two. The regular line and vintage. Eg. Moet chandon and dom

[@MarcusHolbert-s4r]

7:12 😂

[@fanta_c]

I noticed that many wine bloggers like to call this grape variety just "meunier" for some reason, and not "pinot meunier" as it should be. And other thing: every wine blogger talks about 3 grape variety used in champagne region by the law. Yes,mainly there are this 3 varieties. But by the law of champagne apelation you can use 7 grape varieties. Why nobody talks about it?

[@NoSediment]

Well, it was in one of the lectures of Champagne, that winemakers of the region noted that apparently Meunier is not relative to a Pinot Noir, so they advised to simply call it Meunier, to avoid any confusion. And I have done so ever since, or at least I try to do so. There are actually 8 grapes permitted in Champagne, but the three You mentioned are the main ones, and of course it makes a lot of sense to talk about those that are most planted and make up majority of the wines. However, if You want to know more about the less known grapes of Champagne I advise You watch my interview with Aurelien Laherte, we touched upon this subject.

[@fanta_c]

@NoSediment thank you. I'll watch your intervew. For example: pinot blanc(or pinot gris) - you don't call it "blanc" or "gris". You call it pinot blanc and pinot gris. There are people who also call "cabernet sauvignon" just "cabernet", without specification of "sauvignon" or" franc". Actually,my point was not about other 4(5)varietes,but about talking that 3 varietes (chardonay,pinot noir and pinot meunier) are the only allowed. That's it. By the way: Constantin Baum also calls pinot meunier just "meunier" :) although I like you both despite everything :))

[@NoSediment]

@@fanta_cactually, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris are directly linked with Pinot Noir, those are Pinot Noir color mutations. There can be instances where one vine (Pinot Noir) will have one bunch or one cane producing only white or only pink skinned grapes. So we can actually see this in real life, often found in Burgundy or Champagne. So it makes sense to keep the “Pinot” in front of the color description of the grapes. I hope this helps! 🥂🥂🥂

[@fanta_c]

@@NoSediment hi. As I mentioned before,my point mostly was about saying that only 3 varietes allowed in Champagne :) but..we can stop it here,it's ok. I delivered my message :) If wine bloggers want to keep that in mind for next time it will be good. But they,actually,don't have to. I'm not going to force anyone 😁 Anyway,I like your videos very much! Well done! Keep it up 🤘

[@Ruirspirul]

8 years on lees is just insane. cant imagine how unripe grapes were at harvest😅

[@NoSediment]

In this case aging decision is not related with unripe grapes. Their P2 and P3 is aged way longer, that is just their house style and decision. 🥂

[@johannd.6546]

Had last sylvester dom13, never worth the money. No long taste..nothing better than 50euro champagner just average.

[@NoSediment]

I respectfully disagree! 🥂 I love it, and while it truly is an expensive Champagne, and definitely not my everyday Champagne, it is great quality, with enormous ageing potential and great complexity.