Why it matters
The producer
The Prévoteau-Perrier name began with a marriage in 1946, when Henri Prévoteau married Alice Perrier. Today, Delphine and Christophe Boudard-Prévoteau manage the family estate with Mathis. Their work remains close to the grapes: Christophe and Mathis make and blend the cuvées at the domaine, giving the house control over the wines from harvest through assembly.
Champagne.fr lists Prévoteau-Perrier as a grower in Damery. The range includes a Pinot-led dry brut, a lower-dosage Extra-Brut from old vines, and Adrienne Lecouvreur, an equal blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Each bottle has a different place in the range because each begins with a different blend or cellar choice.
Place and vineyards
Where the wines begin
Damery is the confirmed home of the estate, while grapes from Mesnil-sur-Oger Grand Cru also enter the house blends. The label therefore brings together family-held vineyard fruit and fruit from a named Grand Cru source. That blending approach gives Prévoteau-Perrier room to shape different cuvées without claiming that every bottle comes from one single parcel or one uniform vineyard profile.
The estate’s confirmed place is Champagne, with Damery as its grower base.
In the cellar
Vineyards and cellar
The estate vinifies grapes from 30 hectares, with 22 hectares in full ownership. Fruit from Mesnil-sur-Oger Grand Cru also enters the blends, expanding the raw material available for the house’s different cuvées.
The production sequence begins with rigorous manual picking and pressing. The wines then go through secondary fermentation, disgorgement, and final shipment. Christophe and Mathis make and blend the cuvées at the estate, so the family’s role covers the decisive movement from pressed grape juice to finished Champagne.
Wines to know
The range in view
La Vallée is a dry brut made from 20% Chardonnay and 80% Pinot varieties. Gault&Millau specifies that Pinot portion as 40% Pinot Noir and 40% Pinot Meunier. Its range position is clear: a fruit-led house Champagne whose nose brings white and yellow fruit, garrigue, black pepper, and delicate smoke, followed by lively bubbles and delicate noble bitters.
Extra-Brut uses all three Champagne varieties in a blend from old vines, with low dosage. The lower dosage places it in a drier style than La Vallée, while the old-vine source gives the cuvée a distinct starting point within the range. Its role is a three-variety, low-sugar expression of the estate’s fruit.
A useful way in
A bottle to begin with
Start with La Vallée. It is a dry brut with a clear blend of 40% Pinot Noir, 40% Pinot Meunier, and 20% Chardonnay, so the label gives a direct account of what is in the bottle. In the glass, white and yellow fruit lead into garrigue, black pepper, and delicate smoke, while lively bubbles carry generous fruit toward noble bitters.