2019 Saumur Champagny -La Marginale- rouge-organic- Thierry Germain Domaine des Rockes Neuves

Cabernet Franc

The biodynamicist Thierry Germain is undoubtedly one of the best interpreters of Cabernet Franc in the Loire. The "La Marginale" cuvée combines grapes from the "Fossés de Chaintré" vineyard and one of the oldest plots in "Les Poyeux", both of which are characterized by limestone. The wine was aged for one year in a 2500-liter barrel that was built by the legendary cooper Franz Stockinger himself in the cellar of the Roche Neuves winery, before the wine was transferred to a three-year-old Burgundian barrique.

A beguiling scent of dark plum combined with peppery spice, sage and also mint. With a little time in the glass, which the wine should definitely be given, everything becomes even finer and more harmonious - the fruit becomes brighter and more open and the spice a little less wild.

On the palate, this powerful wine is bursting with juiciness and intense berry fruit. The smoky and spicy notes of flint, a little tobacco and liquorice combined with the quite grippy tannins round everything off wonderfully and create a very complex overall picture. Long finish, in which the terroir is once again shown to its best advantage through the minerality and flint accents.