Jerome Prevost La Closerie LC23 & (Base 2023, Disgorged Sep 2025)

This is the fourth (and we think best) release of Prévost’s négociant-manipulant cuvée, which was born during the frost-ravaged 2017 season when Prévost applied (hastily and successfully) for NM status, two letters that allowed him to purchase the fruit from 0.4 hectares of vines owned by his neighbour in Les Béguines. This not only allowed Prévost to release a Les Béguines from 2017, but the deal also gave him access to a handful of other parcels in Gueux. The plots sit on the same Thanetian sands as Les Béguines, and a small plot in Janvry, on clay. Most of these vines are tended by Jérôme and his team, with the other parcels managed under close consultation by the vigneron, with Prévost deciding harvest dates.

We call this “La Closerie &” (after the red ampersand motif that adorns the label). This release is a blend of 80% from 2023 and 20% reserve wine. The winemaking is the same as the Estate label, with spontaneous fermentation and maturation in a mix of used barrels of all sizes, from 225 to 600 litres. Prévost doesn’t rack, filter or stabilise the wine before the secondary fermentation. After that, he gives the wine up to 18 months of bottle age before disgorging by hand, with negligible dosage. It’s a bright and pure and tightly wound release. Super fine and with the classical red fruits and hay notes of young Prévost. This is absolutely the finest example of this wine we have shipped and really reminds me of historical Les Béguines releases. Sheer class. Do not hesitate! Importer’s Notes.