2015 Andre Heucq "Hommage Parcellaire Les Roches" Champagne

With winemakers at Krug, Egly-Ouriet and other premium growers now championing Meunier and winemakers like Jerome Prevost becoming superstars for 100% Meunier wines, the grape's potential for quality Champagne is no longer controversial. More friendly in profile than high acid Chardonnay and structured Pinot Noir, Meunier is Champagne's most easy to love variety. Seriously delicious with zesty electric berry fruit and hedonistically round texture in even the poorest years, Meunier is becoming the star of the show and popping up in more and more single variety cuvées. What might surprise some is that beyond its proponents at top houses, smaller growers like the Heucq family have been pushing Meunier's potential in Champagne and crafting artisan wines for neatly 100 years (since 1936) over four generations  Huecq's holdings are in Cuisles in the Vallée de la Marne, the same home village as Cédric Moussé of Famille Moussé, and his vines sit on a plot of unique green mica-inflected clay, k