Andre Heucq Champagne Cuvee Oeuf 2023 SPRHONE 000 feet on the wild

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

aged here in Armenian oak

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

and aged slightly less than the top wines

This certified organic Cabernet Franc emerges from clay-limestone soils over chalk tuffeau at the edge of Puy-Notre-Dame

Andre Heucq Champagne Cuvee Oeuf 2023 SPRHONE 000 feet on the wildMeunier 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