La Closerie Les Beguines

In the glass

Aroma: brioche straight from the oven, spice, ripe orchard fruit, smoke

Palate: burnished gold richness, vinous depth, masterly oak, exotic Meunier

Jerome Prevost's cult single-vineyard Pinot Meunier from Gueux: brioche straight from the oven with spice and ripe orchard fruit, burnished and vinous with masterly oak, the most exotic Meunier in Champagne.

What it pairs with

• Roast chicken Find roast chicken on TableJourney →
  Vinous brioche richness meets roasted poultry.
• Mushroom tart
  Smoke and orchard fruit echo earthy mushrooms.
• Charcuterie Find charcuterie on TableJourney →
  Spice and depth frame cured meats.

How to serve La Closerie Les Beguines

Allow 5 minutes from open to pour.

1. Open and pour. Open and pour directly. No decanting required for this style.
2. Serve at 6-8°C. Cellar temperature (6-8°C) is the band for this style. Warmer pushes alcohol forward; colder dampens aromatics.
3. Glassware. Use a tulip flute. A tulip shape rewards the bouquet better than a narrow flute and frames the wine's structure.
4. Pair with. Roast chicken, Mushroom tart, Charcuterie. Match the wine's structure to the dish's fat and salt.

History

Les Beguines is Jerome Prevost's cult cuvee built almost entirely on old-vine Pinot Meunier from a single parcel near Gueux; though labelled non-vintage, it is always the wine of a single year.

1. 1998 — Prevost begins bottling Les Beguines from the single Gueux parcel

Facts

Producer

Champagne La Closerie (Jerome Prevost)

Grapes

Pinot Meunier (100%)

Classification

AOC Champagne

Oak

Old-oak fermentation; single-vineyard old-vine Pinot Meunier; no dosage

ABV

12.5%

Price

EUR 90 to 150 at retail

Drinking window

now to 10 from release

First vintage

1998

Scores

• Decanter 93

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