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Roches Neuves (Thierry Germain), Saumur Blanc 'Clos de l'Echelier', 2017

Name: Roches Neuves (Thierry Germain), Saumur Blanc 'Clos de l'Echelier', 2017
Brand: Roches Neuves (Thierry Germain)
SKU: NYC-VRPT0923-100323-RNTGSBCE2017-ROW7-BOX
Price: 49.99 USD
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White Wine from Loire, France

by Roches Neuves (Thierry Germain)

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Thierry Germain’s Clos de l’Echelier is one of those wines that stops you mid-sip. Farmed biodynamically and sourced from a walled vineyard of tuffeau limestone, it’s a strikingly pure expression of Saumur Chenin—tense, layered, and deeply mineral. This isn’t about opulence or flash. It’s about focus.

The 2017 vintage is all restraint and clarity: delicate notes of white peach, fennel, crushed shell, and subtle beeswax unfold slowly, carried on a spine of electric acidity. There’s texture here too, thanks to a long élevage in large barrels, but it’s woven in seamlessly—nothing showy, just quiet depth and resonance.

For white Burgundy lovers, this hits a familiar register: the precision of Puligny, the chalk of Chablis—but with that distinctly Chenin lanolin-meets-limestone energy. Age-worthy, meditative, and best with food that lets it speak—think poached fish, scallops, or a simple roast chicken with lemon and herbs.

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Thierry Germain purchased Domaine des Roches Neuves back in 1991, but it wasn't until he felt the influence of fellow Saumur winemaker Charly Foucault (Clos Rougeard) years later that he began to find what he feels is his true path. He eventually converted to biodynamics under the direction of François Bouchet, who also guided top Bugundy domaines like Romanee-Conti, Leflaive, and Leroy. In the decade or so since, Germain's wines have dramatically shot up in quality. Catapulting Roches Neuves to its current status as an elite Loire Valley address. Here are world-class wines in both red and white, made with an approach to viticulture to and terroir-expression which has exerted a huge influence on a younger generation of winemakers. The man is an icon.

Details

Grape Variety

Chenin Blanc
Vintage

2017
Size

750ml
Sweetness

Dry
Body

Medium Bodied

Loire Valley Wines

The Loire Valley is France’s greatest source of value for anyone looking for elegant, terroir-driven wines. Our collection celebrates the region’s great diversity, with the mineral-driven whites of Muscadet and Sancerre, the beautiful Chenin Blancs and Cabernet Francs from villages like Vouvray and Chinon, and natural wines from everywhere in the region. Sometimes wonderfully fresh and gulpable, sometimes serious and age-worthy, the prices are always very reasonable.

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