Andre Heucq Champagne Cuvee Oeuf 2023 SPRHONE This 2022 shows the estate's

This 2022 shows the estate's hallmark structure and aging potential

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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Andre Heucq Champagne Cuvee Oeuf 2023 SPRHONE This 2022 shows the estate'sMeunier 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