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Roches Neuves (Thierry Germain), Saumur-Champigny Clos de L'Echelier, 2015

Red Wine from Loire, France
by Roches Neuves (Thierry Germain)
$77.99
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Thierry Germain has made Roches Neuves one of the great names in biodynamic winegrowing in France, crafting Cabernet Franc of extraordinary purity in Saumur-Champigny since he bought the estate in 1991. Clos de l'Echelier is a serious, site-specific bottling from this site-obsessed grower, farmed biodynamically and made with the minimal intervention that defines his cellar. This is the 2015, a warm, ripe Loire vintage, and at a decade old it has rounded into savory, mature complexity. A back-vintage bottle from a private collection, it shows what Loire Cabernet Franc becomes with time. Decant and enjoy.

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Robert Parker

94 points

"With fascinating purity and tightly woven mineral freshness, Thierry Germain's biodynamic, cherry-colored 2015 Saumur Champigny Clos de l'Échelier offers ripe, intense yet pure, fresh and aromatic cherry fruit along with floral, graphite and toasty oak aromas (fermented in a wooden Stockinger cuve). Sourced from a clos with a 50-centimeter layer of sandy loam on calcareous rocks, this is a pure, fresh and elegant, tightly structured and grippy Cabernet from vines almost 35 years old. Still very young, lean and nervous but tensioned, fresh and promising. I'd keep it in my cellar for at least another three years." —Stephan Reinhardt

More about Roches Neuves (Thierry Germain)

Thierry Germain is one of Loire's greatest winemakers, and he's done something remarkable: made Saumur-Champigny taste like the serious, age-worthy wine it should be. Biodynamically farmed, thoughtfully aged, these are Cabernet Francs that prove the Loire has plenty to teach the rest of the world.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Cabernet Franc

  • Vintage

    2015

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Roast duck, braised short ribs, mushroom dishes, or aged hard cheeses.

Tasting Profile

Medium to full-bodied and mature, with dark and dried fruit, graphite, tobacco, and savory earth. Fresh acidity and softened, resolved tannins. Complex; drink now.

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