> A prestige house founded in 1843 in Reims, devoted entirely to high-end champagnes, with a large library of reserve wines.

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# Krug

Reims · Founded 1843

A prestige house founded in 1843 in Reims, devoted entirely to high-end champagnes, with a large library of reserve wines.

Town

Reims

Founded

1843

Type

Major house

Style

Prestige, oak-cask vinification, reserve wines

Dominant grape

Blend

Flagship cuvée

Krug Grande Cuvée

Cellars in the chalk crayères

No / other cellars

Open to visits

Limited visits or by request

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In Reims

## Other houses in the same town

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Reims · 1729

### Ruinart

The oldest established Champagne house, founded in 1729 in Reims. Ruinart cultivates a Chardonnay-focused style and offers tours of its Gallo-Roman chalk cellars listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

](https://champagne-discovery-tours.com/en/maisons/ruinart/)[

Reims · 1772

### Veuve Clicquot

Founded in 1772, the house owes its fame to Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin, the widow Clicquot, who perfected the riddling table in 1816. Chalk cellar tours in Reims.

](https://champagne-discovery-tours.com/en/maisons/veuve-clicquot/)[

Reims · 1776

### Louis Roederer

An independent family house founded in 1776, renowned for its Cristal cuvée originally created for Tsar Alexander II. Extensive estate-owned vineyards.

](https://champagne-discovery-tours.com/en/maisons/louis-roederer/)