Roches Neuves (Thierry Germain), Saumur-Champigny Clos de L'Echelier, 2015 so101625 spain offer with excellent balance and intensity

with excellent balance and intensity

Old vines like these give a Sauvignon Blanc with real minerality and grip instead of just tropical fruit

Maranges might be off the main Burgundy map

Villero leans more savory and detailed

The 2013 vintage was the first to be held back for late release

Roches Neuves (Thierry Germain), Saumur-Champigny Clos de L'Echelier, 2015 so101625 spain offer with excellent balance and intensityThierry 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