Jerome Prevost La Closerie Extra Brut Les Beguines (LC '18) (750ml)

VARIETALS 94% pinot meunier- massal selection 3309 and 5BB teleki rootstock planted in 1964. 2% pinot gris massal selection- riparia and 41B rootstock planted in 2000. 2% chardonnay – massal selection- riparia and 41B planted in 2000 and 2% pinot noir – massal selection - riparia and 41B planted in 2000.FARMING Organic practicing. See detailed explanation below in ViticultureVINEYARD Lieu-dit Les Béguines. Les Béguines means : vine shoots swath. A bundle is composed of several béguines. 2 hectares of 40-year old pinot meunier located in the village of Gueux (west of Reims). The vineyards lies at an altitude of 120 meters. Exposure varies north to south. Prévost replanted a 0.20 hectare parcel in the middle of Les Béguines. The parcel is co-planted with meunier, chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot gris.SOIL“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.VITICULTUREVin