Thierry Germain - Saumur-Champigny 'La Marginale' Red 2020
Red
2020
Loire Valley
Saumur-Champigny
Cabernet Franc
Biodynamic
Tasting Notes
Grape
100% Cabernet Franc
Tasting notes
The 2020 'La Marginale' from Thierry Germain's Domaine des Roches Neuves is a pure, textured and harmonious Cabernet Franc from Saumur-Champigny. Farmed biodynamically on Turonian clay-limestone soils, this prestige cuvée is only released in exceptional vintages.
More About The Winery
Originally from Bordeaux, Thierry Germain moved to the Loire Valley in the early 1990s and quickly became one of the region’s most visionary winemakers. Today, his domaine, Roches Neuves, is considered a benchmark in Saumur-Champigny, producing wines of remarkable purity, precision, and energy.
Since converting fully to biodynamic viticulture in 2000, Thierry Germain has focused on revealing the individuality of each terroir through meticulous vineyard work and minimal intervention in the cellar. His wines, based primarily on Cabernet Franc for reds and Chenin Blanc for whites, are celebrated for their vibrant fruit, elegance, and terroir expression, offering both early drinking pleasure and age-worthiness.
From the supple and approachable Saumur-Champigny cuvées to the profound single-vineyard bottlings such as Les Mémoires and Clos de l’Echelier, Thierry Germain crafts wines that rank among the most exciting in the Loire — often compared to the greats of Burgundy for their finesse and complexity.
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