Andre Heucq Champagne Cuvee Oeuf 2023 SPRHONE This certified organic Cabernet Franc

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

or hold it for a decade

an ancient seabed with the Slovenia-Austria border running straight through it

and aged slightly less than the top wines

Andre Heucq Champagne Cuvee Oeuf 2023 SPRHONE This certified organic Cabernet FrancMeunier 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