The Heritage Blanc de Meunier is Andre Heucq's vintage still white wine produced from Pinot Meunier vinified as a blanc (white wine), using the immediate pressing technique to extract juice without skin contact and eliminate colour. As a vintage Coteaux Champenois blanc from 2016, this wine represents the most unusual single-vintage expression in the Heucq range: a still, fully fermented white wine from a variety almost exclusively associated with sparkling production and one that almost no other producer presents in this format.

The 2016 growing season's challenges across the Vallee de la Marne provided concentrated, low-yielding fruit from which the vintage Blanc de Meunier is derived. In contrast to the NV version of this wine, the 2016 carries an identified base year that imposes specific character: more structured and defined than the NV, with the year's concentration and a degree of bottle evolution from the wine's now eight-plus years in bottle.

Still white Champagne (Coteaux Champenois Blanc) from Pinot Meunier is among the most specialist and unusual categories in the French wine landscape. Andre Heucq's commitment to demonstrating the variety's full potential in both sparkling and still formats reflects a genuine intellectual conviction about the terroir and grape variety character of the Cuisles village, and the Heritage Blanc de Meunier vintage editions document specific years within that exploration.

Drink now through 2026. Serve at 12 degrees in a broad white wine glass. Pair with grilled white fish, poached salmon or creamy vegetable preparations.

Pale gold with amber tints from bottle ageing. The nose shows evolved white fruit, warm spice and a characteristic Meunier breadth alongside a fine chalk mineral note. The palate is medium-bodied with good acidity, a round texture and a clean finish with Meunier's typical warmth. Genuinely unusual Champagne-region still wine from a dedicated specialist.