Roches Neuves Saumur-Champigny Clos de L'Echelier 2013

Name: Roches Neuves Saumur-Champigny Clos de L'Echelier 2013
Brand: Roches Neuves
Rating: 7.2 (1 reviews)

Red

Saumur-Champigny, France

7.2

WineSaint

Wild cherry and crushed violets flow with impressive grace for just the second vintage from this limestone-driven plot. Medium-bodied yet intense, with graphite minerality threading through silky tannins. The precision here captures everything compelling about Cabernet Franc on Loire limestone.

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Label

Roches Neuves

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Domaine des Roches Neuves is one of Saumur-Champigny's benchmark estates, producing structured, age-worthy Cabernet Franc from tuffeau-rich soils, with a range that spans entry-level village wine to single-parcel and old-vine cuvées of considerable depth.