2018 Jérôme Prévost Champagne La Closerie Extra Brut Les Beguines

VARIETALS100% MeunierSOIL“paleocene 59 -55 million years – limestone sand of the Thanétien” A mix of sand, limestone, and chalk with marine fossils leftover from when this area was once the seabed.VINIFICATIONThe wine is fermented and aged in a combination of 225, 228, 400, 500, and 600-liter barrels for ten months. Malolactic fermentation can occur but is never forced. Only indigenous yeasts are used. Bottling occurs slowly by use of gravity in July with a small amount of sulfur and without fining, filtering or cold-stabilization. All bottles are disgorged at one time in October of the following year. The wines are exclusively extra brut since 1998. Dosage is 2.5 grams per bottle.