2020 Domaine des Roches Neuves Saumur Champigny Franc de Pied [V94]

Producer: Domaine des Roches Neuves 
Region: Saumur, Loire, France  
Varietal: Cabernet Franc  
Year: 2020 

Vinous, 94 Points 

"The 2020 Franc de Pied is incredibly reductive when it was first opened and needed a lot of time and a swirl with a copper coin.  If you can be patient (5 minutes with a penny in your glass, or your currency’s equivalent), it’s worth the wait.  It reveals itself to be a richly fruited, savory style that fills the mouth with a balloon of chalky silkiness.  The limestone element really shows itself on the long finish, all finely grained texture and sinew.  As you’d hope from Saumur-Champigny, there’s no sense of weight or heft.  Delectable now but has the structure to develop over the coming two decades." 

Importer Notes:

"Influenced not only by the father of biodynamics, Rudolf Steiner, but also by Steiner’s predecessor Goethe, Thierry Germain embodies the intellectual quest for excellence that animates a good number of today’s most exciting producers. You might say, “It’s just wine,” but I dare you to taste this bottling with that mindset and not change your tune. This Saumur Champigny is electric and alive, from the first scent of roses on the nose to the juxtaposition of textured tannic grip and sheer weightlessness on the palate. It’s as complex as the mind that made it." - Kermit Lynch 

Alcohol: 13.5% 

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