Thierry Germain, Domaine Roches Neuves, Saumur Blanc, Clos Romans 2016 Half Giving up classic cool climate

Giving up classic cool climate notes of green olives

this cuvee ages brilliantly

entirely family-owned

Cote-Rotie is where it is at

with zesty acidity giving spine and lift to the powerful black raspberry and mulberry flavors

Thierry Germain, Domaine Roches Neuves, Saumur Blanc, Clos Romans 2016 Half Giving up classic cool climateIt was in 1992 that the young Thierry Germain left his native Bordeaux to settle in the Anjou region. He thus took over the Roches Neuves estate , founded in 1850 and established in Varrains , near Saumur , in the Loire . Considered one of the greatest winegrowers of his generation, Thierry Germain creates single plot vintages reflecting with extreme precision the identity of the grape varieties grown on the estate and the chalk, tufa and sandy clay