Thierry Germain, Domaine Roches Neuves, Saumur Blanc, Clos Romans 2016 Half intensely deep and buttressed with

intensely deep and buttressed with huge but ripe tannins

and a rich and flavorful finish of tarte tatin

Restrained but beautiful aromatics of complex red fruits

The wine really opened up after breathing for some time

whole clusters are being used and the fermentation takes place in stainless steel “cuves” rather than in open wooden vats

Thierry Germain, Domaine Roches Neuves, Saumur Blanc, Clos Romans 2016 Half intensely deep and buttressed withIt 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