2015 André Heucq 'Hommage' Brut Nature

"After producing Champagne for personal consumption for many years, our family decided to market its first bottles in 1936. My grandfather carried on the family tradition as an artisan winemaker and farmer. He planted much of our vineyard as we know it today and developed its clientele and modern winemaking techniques. My father's main task is to look after the vineyard. He expanded the surface area and worked closely with his father, Roger Heucq.

Today, my father has succeeded in imposing his style on Champagne Heucq: fine, elegant, refined, reflecting its terroir and personality. He gives pride of place to Meunier and barrel ageing.

He has also confronted the paradox of modernity by returning to a certain form of tradition: biodynamic viticulture, which he applies both to his vineyards and to his new, entirely ecological production site.

As the fourth generation, we strive to work hand in hand with our parents to combine modernity & tradition."

- Alexandre & Fanny Heucq

Les Roches has a slightly golden color and a lovely effervescence. The nose shows a beginning of maturity and personality. One perceives stone fruits such as mirabelle plum or Reine Claude, notes of praline and spoon biscut. Later notes of yellow peach and pastry appear. The palate is soft, then we find the sparkle of an airy texture, with a fluid and relaxed body thanks to a sharp vivacity and an imperceptible dosage. The finish is sharp, pointed and long, but above all expresses a lot of minerality.