Thierry Germain, Domaine Roches Neuves, Saumur Blanc, Clos Romans 2016 Bordeaux Blanc very lightly scuffed label

very lightly scuffed label

100 Points Owen Bargreen

November 2018)

porous soil of fractured volcanic rock and sandy loam

showing medium weight

Thierry Germain, Domaine Roches Neuves, Saumur Blanc, Clos Romans 2016 Bordeaux Blanc very lightly scuffed labelIt 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