Champagne La Closerie - Jérôme Prévost
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Jérôme Prévost is a cult figure—a maverick who, with just one parcel of land, is turning the rules of Champagne on their head. His "La Closerie – Les Béguines" is a monument to radical craftsmanship.
In 1998, Prévost began cultivating a tiny parcel of old Pinot Meunier vines (Les Béguines and Facsimilie Rosé) biodynamically. The wines undergo spontaneous fermentation, are aged in used barrels, unfiltered, and minimally sulfured. He vinifies only two cuvées per year from this parcel—pure, raw, with an almost Burgundian depth.
For the past few years, Prévost has expanded his portfolio to include two additional wines (La Closerie and Grand Cru). The grapes for these are purchased from other growers.
Sommeliers are clamoring for his bottles. Eric Asimov (New York Times) calls him “a poet of Meunier,” and Peter Liem describes Prévost’s wines as “transformative for understanding grape variety and terroir.”
“I vinify like a painter. Every cuvée is a single brushstroke.” – Jérôme Prévost (Le Rouge & le Blanc, 2017)
La Closerie is not a winery—it’s an art project in bottle form.
