Champagne André Heucq
Champagne house in Cuisles, Vallée de la Marne.
- Village
- Cuisles
- Region
- Vallée de la Marne
- Founded
- 1936
- Cuvées in the guide
- 14
André Heucq (formerly Heucq Père & Fils) is a family estate in Cuisles, a village of 150 inhabitants in the heart of the Vallée de la Marne. The family sold its first bottles in 1936; today Alexandre and Fanny Heucq, the fourth generation, work alongside their parents. The current name pays tribute both to the founder and to the present winegrower.
Vineyards The vines are rooted in a layer of green illite clay, found only in Cuisles and two neighbouring villages; here Meunier gives highly mineral wines with good ageing potential. The estate has been certified organic since 2018, farms biodynamically (in conversion) with horses and horn manure, and is a member of the Meunier Institut.
Approach Part of the vinification takes place in second-fill Burgundy barrels from Meursault; the top cuvées age under cork. The new, ecological winery is energy-independent and collects rainwater.
Champagnes
- Héritage: including Blanc de Meunier, Rosé de Meunier (saignée), Assemblage, Blanc de Blancs and Millésime 2015.
- Hommage Parcellaire: cuvées from a single plot, single variety and single year, such as Les Roches 2017 and La Rosière 2018.
- H-60: Meunier aged underwater for twelve months at a depth of 60 metres.
- Cuvée Œuf: fermented and aged in a concrete egg.
Cuvées by André Heucq
André Heucq Cuvée ŒufBlanc de Noirs · 100% Meunier
Meunier fermented and aged in a clay-concrete egg.
André Heucq H-60Blanc de Noirs · 100% Meunier
Organic Meunier coeur de cuvée aged twelve months submerged at 60 metres depth.
André Heucq Hommage Parcellaire La Rosière 2018Blanc de Noirs · 2018 · 100% Meunier
Organic single-parcel Meunier.
André Heucq Hommage Parcellaire La Sablonnière 2018Blanc de Noirs · 2018 · 100% Pinot Noir
Organic single-parcel Pinot Noir.
André Heucq Hommage Parcellaire Les Roches 2017Blanc de Noirs · 2017 · 100% Meunier
Single-parcel Meunier fermented and aged in barrels.
André Heucq Hommage Parcellaire Les Vignes Blanches 2019Blanc de Blancs · 2019 · 100% Chardonnay
Single-parcel Chardonnay fermented and aged in barrels.
André Heucq Héritage AssemblageBlend · 40% Chardonnay, 30% Meunier, 30% Pinot Noir
Barrel-aged blend of the three grapes.
André Heucq Héritage Blanc de BlancsBlanc de Blancs · 100% Chardonnay
Chardonnay from the Vallée de la Marne.
André Heucq Héritage Blanc de MeunierBlanc de Noirs · 100% Meunier
Organic Blanc de Meunier vinified entirely in stainless steel.
André Heucq Héritage Blanc de Meunier 2019Blanc de Noirs · 2019 · 100% Meunier
Organic vintage Blanc de Meunier.
André Heucq Héritage Blanc de Meunier NM 2016Blanc de Noirs · 100% Meunier
Meunier entirely from the 2016 harvest, released as non-vintage.
André Heucq Héritage Millésime 2015Blend · 2015 · 50% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Noir, 20% Meunier
Vintage 2015 blend of the three grapes.
André Heucq Héritage Oeuf Blanc de MeunierBrut Nature
André Heucq Héritage Rosé de MeunierRosé · 100% Meunier
Saignée rosé of Meunier.
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