Jerome Prevost, Closerie Fac Simile Rose Vintage:N.V. this brilliant effort needs a

this brilliant effort needs a handful of years in the cellar and will live to see its 30th birthday in fine form

plum and plenty of pungent earth

(from Charmes Dessous)

Nearly all of the Riesling musts fermented dry

woven with notes of anise

Jerome Prevost, Closerie Fac Simile Rose Vintage:N.V. this brilliant effort needs aThe NV Extra Brut Ros Fac Simile (base 2022) is stellar. The addition of 10% still red Pinot in this warm, dry year really dials things up in a meaningful way. Kirsch, dried flowers, nutmeg, rose petal, mint and cinnamon soar out of the glass. The still red wine was especially deeply colored and potent in 2022, "more Bourgogne Rouge than the Gamay style we usually get here," Prvost adds. In 2022, the Fac Simile is positively stellar. I would be