LA CLOSERIE

What LA CLOSERIE does

Champagne La Closerie (legal name Champagne La Closerie - Les Beguines) is a family-owned micro-winery in Gueux, Champagne, France, operated by Agnès and Jérôme Prévost from a single 2-hectare contiguous parcel known as Les Beguines. The estate produces two wines — Les Beguines (94% Pinot Meunier from 1964 massal selection, plus 2% Pinot Gris and 2% Chardonnay, fermented and aged 10 months on full lees in oak barrels of varying sizes) and Fac Similé Rosé (87% Les Beguines base wine blended with 13% still red Pinot Meunier), both bottled exclusively as extra brut at 2–3 g/L dosage. Production is intentionally low at approximately 3,300 bottles per cuvée per year.

The underlying technology is the absence of technology: viticulture is manual and observation-driven, with no insecticides since 1994, no herbicides since 1996, and pioneer work on typhlodrome reintroduction and mycorrhization; winemaking uses spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts, no added SO2, no machines, no electricity, and gravity-based bottling. The terroir is geologically distinctive, sitting on Paleocene (59–55 million year-old) Thanétien limestone sand at 120 m altitude.

The business model is allocation-based direct-to-consumer. Private individuals and professionals contact the estate by email to request a bottle allocation; bottles are either collected at the property (by appointment, outside harvest) or shipped within mainland France based on available stock. There is no third-party distribution, no public pricing, no negotiated wholesale channel, and no marketing presence beyond the bilingual official website. Revenue is therefore effectively a function of annual yield on the 2-hectare parcel multiplied by direct-to-consumer realized price.

Name

LA CLOSERIE

Legal name

Champagne La Closerie - Les Beguines

Website

https://champagnelacloserie.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

La Closerie is a family-owned grower Champagne estate in Gueux, France, producing ultra-limited Les Beguines and Fac Similé cuvées (~3,300 bottles each annually) from a 2-hectare parcel via hand-crafted, no-electricity winemaking, sold exclusively by direct allocation.

Ownership category

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Product category

Grower Champagne

NAICS

Wineries (312130), Grape Vineyards (111332)

SIC

Beverages (2080)

akta.pro primary industry

Wine Production & Winemaking (AFAFAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wineries & Vineyards (Tasting Rooms) (THAFALAE), Grape Growing & Canopy Management (In-Season Vineyard Operations) (AFAGAJAB), Organic Vineyard & Wine Grape Farming (AFAGAKAI)

Keywords

• Grower champagne
• Natural winemaking
• Single-vineyard champagne
• Pinot meunier
• Extra brut champagne

Headquarters

HQ city

Gueux

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Wine bottle sales: Direct sales of Champagne bottles to private individuals and professionals. Allocation-based model with limited annual production. No third-party distribution.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

La Closerie produces grower Champagne from a single 2-hectare vineyard plot called Les Beguines in Gueux, Champagne. The estate makes two wines—Les Beguines (94% Pinot Meunier white Champagne) and Fac Similé Rosé (a blended rosé)—using entirely natural, electricity-free winemaking methods including spontaneous fermentation, oak barrel aging, and gravity bottling. Annual production is limited to roughly 3,300 bottles, all bottled exclusively as extra brut, and sold directly to consumers and professionals via allocation.

Product overview

Champagne La Closerie is a small, family-run Champagne house specializing in single-estate wines from its 2-hectare Les Beguines parcel in Greux, Champagne. The estate produces two wines: Les Beguines (white Champagne) and Fac Similé (rosé Champagne). Both wines are produced using traditional, minimalist methods including manual viticulture, spontaneous fermentation, oak barrel aging, and gravity bottling, with no machines or electricity used in production.

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Brands

• Fac Similé: Blended rosé Champagne made from 87% base wine and 13% still red wine from Les Beguines, produced since 2007, extra brut dosage 2-3g per bottle, approximately 3300 bottles annually

Products and services

• Les Beguines Champagne A single-estate Champagne produced from the 2-hectare Les Beguines parcel in Gueux, composed of 94% Pinot Meunier, 2% Pinot Gris, and 2% Chardonnay from massal selection on 3309 and 5BB Teleki rootstocks planted in 1964. Fermented and aged 10 months entirely in oak barrels on full lees, produced exclusively as extra brut since 1998 with 2.5g dosage per bottle. Made without machines or electricity, using spontaneous fermentation and gravity bottling. Targeted at private wine enthusiasts, collectors, and select professionals seeking artisanal, terroir-driven Champagne.
• Fac Similé Rosé Champagne A blended rosé Champagne from the Les Beguines estate, combining 87% Les Beguines base white wine with 13% still red Pinot Meunier wine made from intra-parcel selection of small-grain Pinot Meunier. Fermented with floating cap in destemmed grapes, using spontaneous fermentation without SO2. Aged 10 months in 228-liter barrels and bottled slowly by gravity without machines or electricity. Extra brut rosé with 2 to 3g dosage per bottle, annual production approximately 3,300 bottles. Targeted at private collectors and wine professionals.

Quantifiable outcome

• Extra brut dosage maintained at 2-2.5g/L since 1998

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Recent moves5 records

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Direct peers

• Roses de Jeanne (Cédric Bouchard): Tiny-production grower Champagne from a single Aÿ parcel, producing site-specific cuvées with extreme scarcity (often fewer than 1,000 bottles per cuvée). Direct philosophical cousin to La Closerie's single-parcel Les Beguines approach and similarly allocation-driven.
• Jacques Selosse: The most iconic grower Champagne producer, also based in Avize and led by Anselme Selosse (who mentored Jérôme Prévost for 24 seasons per the source data). Selosse pioneered the oxidative, low-dosage, barrel-aged style that La Closerie emulates, and commands similar cult-level allocation economics.
• Egly-Ouriet: Family-run grower Champagne house in Ambonnay producing Pinot Noir-dominant, low-dosage, barrel-aged wines from old-vine massal selection. Comparable in philosophy (minimal intervention, terroir focus, cult collector status) and in family-operation structure.
• Ulysse Collin: Congy-based grower Champagne producer making single-parcel, single-vintage wines from old-vine Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Compares on site-specific bottling, scarcity, barrel aging, and cult allocation economics.
• Chartogne-Taillet: Merfy-based grower Champagne house producing terroir-expressive wines from massal selection with low or zero dosage. Comparable family operation, natural viticulture, and small-scale artisanal production philosophy.
• Larmandier-Bernier: biodynamic grower Champagne producer in Vertus working with old-vine Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier on chalk soils. Comparable in scale (small family operation), farming philosophy (biodynamic, no herbicides), and allocation-driven sales model.
• Vouette et Sorbée: Biodynamic grower Champagne producer in the Côte des Bar, focused on Pinot Noir with minimal intervention and zero dosage options. Comparable natural-farming philosophy, barrel fermentation, and cult-collector following.
• Marie-Noëlle Ledru: Bouzy-based grower Champagne producer focused on Pinot Noir from old-vine massal selection, biodynamic viticulture, and minimal intervention winemaking. Comparable small-family scale and grower-producer cult status.

Broad incumbents

• Bollinger: One of the larger established Champagne houses, also notable for Pinot Meunier emphasis, single-vineyard Vieilles Vignes Françaises bottlings, and barrel fermentation. Not a direct competitor by scale, but operates in the same Pinot-Meunier-respectful, single-parcel premium segment.
• Krug: Iconic prestige Champagne house within LVMH, known for barrel fermentation, single-vineyard Clos du Mesnil and Clos d'Ambonnay bottlings, and emphasis on individual plot expression. Provides a reference point for what scaled single-parcel storytelling can achieve at the top of the category.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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