Andre Heucq Champagne Cuvee Oeuf 2023 NO20230830 where the fruit spends weeks

where the fruit spends weeks on its skins to become a genuine orange wine rather than the usual zippy white

historically the wine growers kept for themselves rather than sold

Las Pedreras is part of a new generation pushing the region’s boundaries inward rather than outward

Working with minimal reserve wines

That gentle handling

Andre Heucq Champagne Cuvee Oeuf 2023 NO20230830 where the fruit spends weeksMeunier 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