Roches Neuves (Thierry Germain), Saumur-Champigny Franc de Pied, 2016 skurnik burgundy DI offer showcasing how this grape thrives

showcasing how this grape thrives in the Andes foothills

the 2022 walks a tightrope between richness and tension: melted candle wax

The village bottling anchors Domaine Duroché's portfolio

and dark fruit

and bottled unfiltered from a single barrel

Roches Neuves (Thierry Germain), Saumur-Champigny Franc de Pied, 2016 skurnik burgundy DI offer showcasing how this grape thrivesThierry Germain has turned Roches Neuves into one of France's reference points for biodynamic winegrowing, and Franc de Pied is among his most distinctive wines: Cabernet Franc planted on its own ungrafted roots, without the usual American rootstock that has protected European vines since phylloxera. Working that way is risky and rare, but Germain believes it produces wines of deeper, more direct terroir expression. Farmed biodynamically in Saumur