La Closerie Les Beguines LC 14

Parker: Wafting from the glass with a complex bouquet that marries notes of crisp yellow orchard fruit, warm bread and red apples with nuances of dried white flowers, licorice and sotolon, Prévost's NV Extra Brut Les Béguines LC 14 is medium to full-bodied, tangy and incisive, with chalky extract, crisp fruit tones and a saline finish. This was the year Champagne was plagued by the Suzuki fruit fly, Prévost reminds me, and perhaps that lends this comparatively open, expressive young Les Béguines an added high-toned edge.