Domaine des Roches Neuves (Thierry Germain)
Les Mémoires Saumur-Champigny Cabernet Franc


So pretty and full of character. Opens with aromas of violet and pencil shavings that are joyfully and immaculate. Following, the palate has vivid fruit. Real purity and balance. Beautiful cab franc Pepperiness but understated. Ripeness and balanced minerals, acid and paper thin tannins.
To think how much has to come together, in the form of great terroir and the work of a great vigneron at the top or their game, for a wine to be so effortlessly delicious.
So pretty and full of character. Opens with aromas of violet and pencil shavings that are joyfully and immaculate. Following, the palate has vivid fruit. Real purity and balance. Beautiful cab franc Pepperiness but understated. Ripeness and balanced minerals, acid and paper thin tannins.
To think how much has to come together, in the form of great terroir and the work of a great vigneron at the top or their game, for a wine to be so effortlessly delicious.

Gorgeous. Floral, huge fruit stank, so dazzling in its vividness. Fresh and vibrant. Light but intense. Serious structure. Very refined yet polished. Long and really amazing fruit.
Gorgeous. Floral, huge fruit stank, so dazzling in its vividness. Fresh and vibrant. Light but intense. Serious structure. Very refined yet polished. Long and really amazing fruit.
Dec 17th, 20172015. Exuberant aromatics of raspberry, black cherry, violets, tea smoke and hot stones. Presently coiled and screaming its youth while hinting at the songs to come.
2015. Exuberant aromatics of raspberry, black cherry, violets, tea smoke and hot stones. Presently coiled and screaming its youth while hinting at the songs to come.
1 person found it helpfulFeb 10th, 2017
Very young but I had to try one. Fresh raspberries. Still a bit on the green side.
Very young but I had to try one. Fresh raspberries. Still a bit on the green side.
Jan 22nd, 2020
Of course way too young, needed almost an hour of decanting to start shinning. But when it did, an incredible wine of finesse and concentration. Silky and harmonious.
Of course way too young, needed almost an hour of decanting to start shinning. But when it did, an incredible wine of finesse and concentration. Silky and harmonious.
Feb 4th, 2018