Ultimate Guide to Champagne Krug Vintages / Price Values

Champagne Krug, the master in blending, for many will signify the best of the best when it comes to Champagne, from consumers to wine professionals it is recognised as being one of the most expensive Champagnes and delivering one of the best tasting experiences. If there was a King of the King of Wines (Champagne) then Krug would certainly be looking to occupy that throne with classic labels including Clos du Mesnil and Clos d’Ambonnay. Famed for multi-vintage releases as well as the vintage range which we will take at look at through the years below.

Michael Edwards, in his book ‘The Finest Wines of Champagne’ quotes the Krug (Collection*) Vintage as ‘Collector’s Champagne‘ and going by what I know of many Champagne lovers out there, it is the brand to experience, to collect and to invest in.

Founded in 1843 by Johann Joseph and since 1999 they have been owned by Moét Hennessey. Based in Reims, Olivier Krug is their director with Julie Cavil. This Champagne house only has prestige cuvée (no entry level) with base wines stored in oak barrels. Famed for their clos (single vineyard / walled vineyard) labels – Their rosé label was introduced in 1983 by Henri Krug.

For the world of wine investments Champagne Krug performs incredibly well with always a high demand for their highly collectable labels with a connoisseur database globally – “Krug Champagnes also perform very well as investment pieces, with Clos d’Ambonnay 1996 achieving 87.3% growth over the past five years.” OENO

Please remember that the value of anything is really down to what people wish to pay – prices go up and down and certainly, some of the prices below, depending on how long in the future you find yourself reading this article, will likely rise as their rarity grows – some might simply become sold out. Prices will also vary very much depending on the quality of the bottle such as what storage history it has, any loss of wine from oxidisation (ullage), damage to label / cork, etc. (also beware of fakes!).

With the help from Manuel Reman, Président Champagne Krug, I was able to put together a detailed list of all Krug Vintages – Thank you Manuel!

Champagne Krug Vintage:

Krug Vintage 1880 – No records found. Estimate price per bottle of £150,000 – £450,000

Krug Vintage 1889 – No records found. Estimate price per bottle of £100,00 – £150,000

Krug Vintage 1893 – No records found. Estimate price per bottle of £75,000 – £100,000

Krug Vintage 1900 – No records found. Estimate price per bottle of £40,00o – £55,000

Krug Vintage 1904 – No records found. Estimate price per bottle of £35,000 – £50,000

Krug Vintage 1914 – No records found. Estimate price per bottle of £35,000 – £50,000

Krug Vintage 1915 – LVMH reports on a bottle sold at Sotheby’s auction for $116,000 (£95,766) with the estimate originally being $15,000 (£12,384). Estimate price per bottle of £30,000 – £45,000

Krug Vintage 1920 – All that was found was tasting notes via John Kapon of Acker Merral & Condit on tastingbook. Estimate price per bottle of £22,500 – £32,500

Krug Vintage 1928 – iDealWine estimates the price at €1,592 (£1,401) and Acker Merrall & Condit’s sale in Hong Kong sold a (cellar stored) bottle for $164,560 HKD (£17,320). Estimate price per bottle of £20,000 – £30,000

Krug Vintage 1929 – A search on Google shows Sheppards (auctions?) with a listing and an estimate between €2,000 to €3,000 (£1,760 – £2,640) though when opening the link the page no longer exists. Estimate price per bottle of £17,500 – £22,500

Krug Vintage 1932 – No records found. Estimate price per bottle of £12,500 – £17,500

Krug Vintage 1937 – There is a Krug Collection Magnum (signed by Remi Krug) 1937 on Hedonism though marked as unavailable. Estimate price per bottle of £12,500 – £17,500

Krug Vintage 1938 – It’s a $20,587 (£16,832) price estimate from wine-searcher and not much else. It appears you could almost set your own asking price due to the rarity of this label. Estimate price per bottle of £10,000 – £15,500

Krug Vintage 1942 – A review via John Kapon of Acker Merral & Condit on tastingbook is all that we can find for now. Estimate price per bottle of £4,250 – £4,500

Krug Vintage 1943 – A price of €4,995 (£4,425) on Vintage Wine Investments and $5,414 (£4,427) estimate on wine-searcher. Estimate price per bottle of £4,000 – £4,500

Krug Vintage 1945 – Estimated at £3,031 in wine-searcher. Estimate price per bottle of £3,500 – £4,000

Krug Vintage 1947 – A single bottle of Krug Collection 1947 sold for more than $13,500 (£11,145)  as quoted on winespectator, on February 11th 2011 a lot was withdrawn from Bohmans that had an estimate of £500 – £600 and wickman’s shows a final bid of €400! AUD (£227). Estimate price per bottle of £3,250 – £4,500

Krug Vintage 1949 – £3,617 estimate on wine-searcher, a sold auction lot (I was there!) at Clare Auction Suffolk with a concerningly low ullage £350, out of stock on Hedonism and a Krug Private Cuvee 1949 with an estimate of £1,000 – £1,200 at Bonhams listed on 31 March 2011. Estimate price per bottle of £3,000 – £4,500

Krug Vintage 1952 – Wine-owners shows a price of £46,668 for twelve bottles so £3,889 a bottle, nemowine has a listing for £1,050 though it is out of stock, there is a magnum for sale with Jahrhundertwein at €8,950 (£7,929) and wine-searcher estimates at $4,589 (£3,752). Estimate price per bottle of £3,000 – £4,000

Krug Vintage 1953 – iDealWine estimates at €334! (£294) and estimated at £3,329 on wine-searcher. Estimate price per bottle of £2,000 – £2,500

Krug Vintage 1955 – $2,493 (£2,038) estimate with wine-searcher. Estimate price per bottle of £2,000 – £2,250

Krug Vintage 1959 – Another $2,493 (£2,038) estimate on wine-searcher, a private cuvée extra sec sold for £310 on WineAuctioneer and sold for £152 on bidforwine with the private cuvée extra sec. Estimate price per bottle of £1,850 – £2,350

Krug Vintage 1961 – £3,995 price on Vintage Wine Investments and an estimate on wine-searcher at $4,330 (£3,540). Estimate price per bottle of £3,250 – £3,750

Krug Vintage 1962 – $2,439 (£1994) estimate on wine-searcher and HK$28,000 (£2,937) for sale on Omuse website. Estimate price per bottle of £2,400 – £2,800

Krug Vintage 1964 – For sale on Hedonism for £2,280, €626?? (£555) estimate on iDealWine, sold for £38!! though with a very low ullage the Private Cuvée on WineAuctioneer and $2,324 (£1,900) estimate on wine-searcher. Estimate price per bottle of £2,200 – £2,450

Krug Vintage 1966 – €450?? (£399) on Vintage Wine Investments, Omuse is selling a bottle for HK$27,500 (£2,884) and $2,482 (£2,029) estimate on wine-searcher. Estimate price per bottle of £2,000 – £2,350

Krug Vintage 1969 – Estimate of €1,080 (£957) on iDealWine and wine-searcher estimate comes in at £5,184 (£4,239). Estimate price per bottle of £2,000 – £2,200

Krug Vintage 1971 – €1,289 (£1,142) estimate with iDealWine, a £510 winning bid on bidforwine, €1,195 (£1,059) on Vintage Wine Investments, $1,831 (£1,497) estimate on wine-searcher and HK$18,500 (£1,940) for sale on Omuse. Estimate price per bottle of £1,000 – £1,500

Krug Vintage 1973 – A sold lot on WineAuctioneer at £505, a $1,611 (£1,317) estimate on wine-searcher, L’Assemblage has a bottle at £925, they are selling for €1,630 (£1,444) on FinestWine, Rare Wine Vintages price is £1,680 and €1,250 (£1,107) priced on Vintage Wine Investments. Estimate price per bottle of £1,250 – £1,500

Krug Vintage 1975 – An estimate of €692 (£613) on iDealWine, sold for £262!! on bidforwine, wine-searcher estimates at $1,590 (£1,409), L’Assemblage price is £1,100, on Rare Wine Vintages price is £1,800 and RNG Wine has a bottle for HK$17,800 (£1,867). Estimate price per bottle of £1,150 – £1650

Krug Vintage 1976 – Winebid has a live listing starting at $1,380 (£1,128), HK$13,315 (£1,397) on CruWorldWine and another at £1,394, €1,800 (£1,595) with PleasureWine and a magnum for €4,788 (£4,242) with Vins & Millesimes. Estimate price per bottle of £1,200 – £1,500

Krug Vintage 1979 – €1,595 (£1,413) price on Vintage Wine Investments, WineAuctioneer has a lot sold at £445, €1,057 (£936) estimate on iDealWine, SoDivin has it at €1,320 (£1,169), wine-searcher estimate is $1,561 (£1,276). Estimate price per bottle of £1,000 – £1,250

Krug Vintage 1981 – On to the 1980’s releases and we start off with an estimate of $1,856 (£1,518) from wine-searcher, €1,695 (£1,502) price on Vintage Wine Investments, $1,845 (£1,509) price via wineconsigners and iDealWines estimates at €900 (£797). Estimate price per bottle of £1,250 – £1,450

Krug Vintage 1982 – WineAuctioneer has two sold lots of £675 and £600, iDealWine estimate at €1,252 (£1,109), TheFinestBubble with a magnum (Collection) at £3,400 though sold out, wine-searcher estimates at $1,079 (£882) and €795 (£704) on Vintage Wine Investments. Estimate price per bottle of £850 – £950

Krug Vintage 1985 – iDealWines estimates at €890 (£789), £1,460 on sale at Hedonism, $1,229 (£1,005) estimate with wine-searcher, €989 (£876) via Wilkinson Vintners, Vins & Millesimes have a bottle for €1,140 (£1,010) and $998 (£816) at Benchmark Wine Group. Estimate price per bottle of £950 – £1,050

Krug Vintage 1988 – €756 (£670) estimate on iDealWines, £795 for sale with Champagne Direct, TheFinestBubble selling bottles for £645, price realised at £260!! on bidforwine, £695 though out of stock with Vintage Wine & Port, wineowners show value at £9,516 for twelve bottles thus £793 each and an estimate of $1,157 (£946) on wine-searcher. Estimate price per bottle of £675 – £775

Krug Vintage 1989 – Starting with two sold lots on WineAuctioneer of £420 and £285, BerryBros & Rudd have a bottle at £1,100, Vintage Wine & Port are out of stock though price is just £295 and wine-searcher estimates at $1,013 (£828). Estimate price per bottle of £650 – £850

Krug Vintage 1990 – £1,210 with Hedonism, wine.com estimates at $229?? (£187), iDealWine estimates at €675 (£598), with Fine+Rare the price is £1,076, a bottle is £676 on TheFinestBubble and wine-searcher estimates at $1,112 (£909). Estimate price per bottle of £675 – £925

Krug Vintage 1995 – We start with Hedonism with a bottle priced at £995, wine-searcher estimates at $764 (£625), Sotheby’s Wine Hong Kong has a listing at HK$7,500 (£787), Arcadia Wine selling at $1,007 (£823), HK$5,810 (£609) with Vintage Grand Cru, with Cru World Wine it’s £602 a bottle and Burgundy Cave selling for HK$5,500 (£577). Estimate price per bottle of £700 – £800

Krug Vintage 1996 – €1,220?? (£1,081) with Stelt Wines, £1,700 for a magnum with BerryBros & Rudd, iDealWine estimates at €787 (£697), wine-searcher estimating at $855 (£699) and £595 at Seckford Wines. Estimate price per bottle of £675 – £750

Krug Vintage 1998 – With TheFinestBubble the price is £544 per bottle, a £360 winning bid on a lot via WineAuctioneer, £900 with The Champagne Company and wine-searcher estimates at $642 (£525). Estimate price per bottle of £500 – £575

Krug Vintage 2000 – The new millennium and we start things off with wine-searcher estimating a price of $555 (£454), The Champagne Company is selling bottles at £450, £590 with Millesima, a €360 (£319) estimate with iDealWine, a bottle is $455 (£372) on winebid and PhilGlas Swiggot listing at £522. Estimate price per bottle of £400 – £525

Krug Vintage 2002 – Wine-searcher estimates at $715 (£585), £700 with Millesima, TheFinestBubble selling at £664, €527 (£467) estimate with iDealWine and Champagne Direct with a magnum for £1,650. Estimate price per bottle of £525 – £625

Krug Vintage 2003 – £434 a bottle with TheFinestBubble, a €258 (£229) estimate with iDealWine, over at Fine+Rare it’s £316 a bottle, Amps Wine Merchants have a bottle at £327 and wine-searcher estimates at $433 (£354). Estimate price per bottle of £300 – £375

Krug Vintage 2004 – £415 with Champagne Direct, estimate of €389 (£345) with iDealWine, Cellar Select selling at £340 and wine-searcher estimating at $401 (£328). Estimate price per bottle of £325 – £400

Krug Vintage 2006 – Whelehans Wines pricing at €310 (£275), wine-searcher estimate is $399 (£326), £292 with Cru Wine, Lay & Wheeler selling at £300 a bottle and £449 with PhilGlas Swiggot. Estimate price per bottle of £275 – £325

Krug Vintage 2008 – Wine-searcher with an estimate of $669 (£547), TheFinestBubble selling at £596 and £650 with Champagne Direct. Estimate price per bottle of £575 – £650

 

* Krug Collection is the late disgorged version of Krug Vintage which gets released out of cellar around 25 years after the single year harvest.