Thierry Germain, Domaine Roches Neuves, Saumur Blanc, Clos Romans 2016 Half 98 points Wine Advocate

98 points Wine Advocate

Giving up classic cool climate notes of green olives

Bruno Paillard (négociant)

entirely family-owned

fleshy vintage for the cuvee

Thierry Germain, Domaine Roches Neuves, Saumur Blanc, Clos Romans 2016 Half 98 points Wine AdvocateIt 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