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2018 Saumur-Champigny, La Marginale, Domaine des Roches Neuves, Thierry Germain, Loire

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Franc
Ready - youthful
92/100
Jason Wilson
94/100
Product: 20188056669
2018 Saumur-Champigny, La Marginale, Domaine des Roches Neuves, Thierry Germain, Loire
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2018
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Cabernet Franc
Body Full Bodied
Producer Domaine des Roches Neuves

Critics reviews

92/100
La Marginale is Thierry Germain’s best-known bottling, and there's good reason for that: the nose expresses a cascade of raspberry and blackberry fruits infused with herbal notes. It has good heft on the palate while remaining fruity and lively. A superb wine combining seduction with complexity.Drink 2020-2030Decanter (Feb 2019)
Drink 2020 - 2030
Decanter.com (Feb 2019)
Jason Wilson 94/100
Seamless, balanced and ageworthy. Aged 12 months in 25-hectoliter barrel. Nose full of roses and violets. Silky and cool in the mouth, with fresh plum and black cherry. Finishes full of graphite and crushed stone and a lingering licorice note. Needs a couple years, but this will be exceptional.Drink 2022-2038Jason Wilson, Vinous.com (Jul 2020)
Drink 2020 - 2030
Jason Wilson, Vinous.com (Jul 2020)

About this wine

Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Franc is widely planted in Bordeaux and is the most important black grape grown in the Loire. In the Médoc it may constitute up to 15% of a typical vineyard - it is always blended with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot and is used to add bouquet and complexity to the wines. It is more widely used in St.Emilion where it adapts well to the cooler and moister clay soils - Cheval Blanc is the most famous Cabernet Franc wine in the world, with the final blend consisting of up to 65% of the grape.
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