Champagne La Closerie, Jérôme Prévost, Grand Cru, Extra Brut (Base 2021)
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Colour
White -
Alcohol
12.5% -
Grape
Pinot Meunier -
Body
Full Bodied -
Producer
Champagne Prévost
Critics reviews
The NV Extra-Brut Grand Cru base 2021) is only Chardonnay in this vintage. Orange peel, passion fruit, jasmine, and white flowers give the 2021 a decidedly exotic, tropical flair. Given its forward, open-knit personality, I would prefer to drink this over the next handful of years.
Jérôme Prévost is among the producers most hard-hit by the challenges of the 2021 season. Production of Les Beguines is a fraction of normal, while there is no Rosé Fac-Simile. In addition to the current wines, I also tasted a few older vintages that provide terrific context for how these wines age.
Drink 2024 - 2029
A straw-copper hue, the NV Champagne & Extra Brut is based on the 2020 vintage and is generous and giving out of the gate. It opens with juicy aromas of strawberry, orange sherbet, brioche, shortbread, white flowers, and almond. Medium to full-bodied, it floods the palate with pure fruit and salted citrus on the finish. Long on the palate, it’s incredible now but will have a solid drinking window ahead of it.
Drink 2024 - 2040