Thierry Germains, Les Roches, Saumur-Champigny, Loire Valley, Dry Refreshing White

Thierry Germains, Les Roches, Saumur-Champigny, Loire Valley, Dry Refreshing WhiteThierry Germain, from a long line of Bordeaux winemakers, arrived at this 50 acre domaine in the Loire appellation of Saumur Champigny in 1991. He works his vineyards in the most natural manner he can with the aim of keeping the vines and soils in full health and in the process has become a fully fledged advocate of biodynamic production. Harvesting is manual and vinification is done in small batches with optimally ripe fruit which lead to wines with

with bright nuances

Fermentation takes place in open vats with the whole stalk

Cabernet Franc

and only organic fertiliser

The wines are quite well-known around the world

now runs the family estate there

precisely in Ca 'del Gallo

of which 47 are in the Gimblett Gravels

Thierry Germain

John Duval - Winemaker/Proprietor

This 11 hectare estate remains one of the best producers of invigoratingly delicious Moscato d'Asti and Brachetto d'Acqui

first produced in 1987