The Cult of Prévost: 2022 Les Béguines & Grand Cru

Jérôme Prévost makes champagnes that exist in their own realm.

The story is well-trodden, but worth repeating. At the age of twenty-one, Prévost inherited his grandmother's 2.2 hectares of Meunier (the ugly stepchild of Champagne grapes) in an obscure corner in the northwest of Montagne de Reims.

In relatively no time, he took the Meunier grown on marine-fossil-studded sand and calcareous clay soils of the village of Gueux to the world stage. Prévost crafted Meunier like no one else: tension-filled, deeply etched, and absolutely riveting.

The wines quickly went cult for reasons that are blatantly obvious when you taste them.

Today, I'm happy to offer the just-released 2022 Les Béguines and Grand Cru bottlings.

Les Béguines is the flagship bottling sourced from his vines in Gueux. It offers up a fair amount of yellow fruits with a shocking amount of energy, refinement, and clarity. The wine's mineral expression is simply profound—you get earthy and saline notes with talc-like grip.

In the 2019 vintage, Jérôme Prévost introduced a new Champagne that is sourced from Grand Cru sites. Simply put, it's a mind-blowing Champagne. It is also very rare.

The Grand Cru bottling has an explosive complexity that's full of subtle shavings of orchard fruits, floral notes, spice, citrus, and stony minerality. It comes across as deep, complicated, and elegant.

The Grand Cru bottling establishes without a doubt that Prévost is one of Champagne's greatest winemakers. Whatever case there is to be made for Gueux being a special place for Meunier and for Prévost having a singular touch with the grape, the Grand Cru bottling makes it very clear that Prévost simply makes Champagnes of devastating beauty.

As you can imagine, both champagnes are very limited. Please give us your ideal order, and we'll try our best.

To order, email offers@crushwineco.com or call the store at (212) 980-9463.

Ian McFadden
Director, Fine & Rare
Crush Wine & Spirits