Andre Heucq Champagne Cuvee Oeuf 2023 SPRHONE and aged slightly less than

and aged slightly less than the top wines

Les Premices comes from the family's newest vineyard -- taken over in 2016 from the maternal side of the family

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000 feet on the wild Mendocino Ridge — a true mountain Chardonnay site bordered by the Pacific to the west and Anderson Valley to the east

The Tements farm it organically and biodynamically

Andre Heucq Champagne Cuvee Oeuf 2023 SPRHONE and aged slightly less thanMeunier usually plays a supporting role in Champagne; here it is the whole show. Andre Heucq, a fourth generation organic grower in the Vallee de la Marne village of Cuisles, makes this rare Blanc de Meunier entirely in concrete eggs (hence Oeuf), which lend it a subtle texture and roundness. Certified organic, taken fully through malolactic, aged on its lees and bottled Brut Nature with no dosage, it is a pure, transparent look at a grape that rarely