Thierry Germain, Domaine Roches Neuves, Saumur Blanc, Clos Romans 2016 Bordeaux Blanc porous soil of fractured volcanic

porous soil of fractured volcanic rock and sandy loam

showing medium weight

Perfect condition

100 Points Owen Bargreen

Thierry Germain, Domaine Roches Neuves, Saumur Blanc, Clos Romans 2016 Bordeaux Blanc porous soil of fractured volcanicIt 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