2021 Jérôme Prévost Champagne La Closerie Extra Brut Les Beguines

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  4/12/2024 - Iakkhos wrote: flawed

  A doleful first note here: it pains me to say that both my first and now second LB 21 bottles have been, to varying degrees, flawed. Each came from a *separate, but equally trusted, US northeast retailer.
  
  The first (3/24/24) was quite delicious, up until the back end, which showed the drying oat-cereal-flavored profile that is, for me, the distinguishing feature of "mouse." On day 2, for science, I tasted my partner on it with no indication that anything was amiss; she returned a distinct note of "rice wine" on the back palate. Mixed feelings on this outing, but not enough to truly spoil the experience, which was otherwise characterized by plummy richness, orange peel, and grapefruit candy.
  
  Second bottle (4/12/24) immediately presented on a sour beer spectrum. Air by way of a Zalto Bordeaux glass brought forth the slightest whisper of Prevostian pleasure but a shrill, sour, and drying back palate still predominated. Is this mouse or VA? At any rate, an order of magnitude more unpleasant than the first showing.
  
  As a Prevost-lover, I’m deeply bummed by this. I’d assumed this was a négoce problem the past couple of years (I've one previous mouse experience with the LC19 &), but the single LC 21 & opened so far was clean as a whistle. Have a half-case more of the Béguines but these two strikes have put me off buying more.
  
  Curious to see how other notes on this shake out, especially if travel beyond France/EU is part of the problem.

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