Domaine des Roches Neuves (Thierry Germain)

Les Mémoires Saumur-Champigny Cabernet Franc

9.321 ratings

9.43 pro ratings

Saumur-Champigny, Anjou-Saumur, Loire Valley, France

Cabernet Franc

Exotic Spices, Baking Spices, Hard Cheese, Blue Cheese, Chili & Hot Spicy, Pungent Cheese, Potato, White Rice, Herbs, Tomato-Based, Pasta, Mushrooms, Onion, Shallot, Garlic, Salami & Prosciutto, Beef, Soft Cheese, Chicken, Lamb, Turkey, Pork, Duck, Venison

Top Notes For

Wine Director Raoul's

9.6

The most massive of the haut cuvées, if you can call a 12.5% wine "massive". Possibly the purest expression of Cab Franc I've tasted in 35+ years of buying wines. Deep, dark and brooding at first, then layer after layer of precisely focused flavors unfold. Bravo!

The most massive of the haut cuvées, if you can call a 12.5% wine "massive". Possibly the purest expression of Cab Franc I've tasted in 35+ years of buying wines. Deep, dark and brooding at first, then layer after layer of precisely focused flavors unfold. Bravo!

1 person found it helpfulJun 12th, 2016

9.4

2014. Young fruit is wound up tight but oh that nose of wet river stones.

2014. Young fruit is wound up tight but oh that nose of wet river stones.

Jan 10th, 2016

Marketing/Development Kunni/Westerly Wines

Okay. Lacking much of a finish.

Okay. Lacking much of a finish.

Jan 8th, 2024

Marketing/Development Kunni/Westerly Wines

Only okay, expected more.

Only okay, expected more.

May 24th, 2021

9.2

Robe noire
Nez fruit noire crayeux poivron cuit
Bouche fraîche précise et voluptueuse en finale
Beau vin

Robe noire
Nez fruit noire crayeux poivron cuit
Bouche fraîche précise et voluptueuse en finale
Beau vin

Jan 24th, 2021

9.2

92+

92+

Apr 18th, 2020

9.4

Zoom Viognier / Cabernet Franc-tasting .

Zoom Viognier / Cabernet Franc-tasting .

Apr 18th, 2020

9.7

Just a bunch of ripeness. Plums,cherries. What an effort by Thierry Germain. Well done. Silky soft tannins. Beautiful.

Just a bunch of ripeness. Plums,cherries. What an effort by Thierry Germain. Well done. Silky soft tannins. Beautiful.

Jan 17th, 2020

Alexander Vadas

9.2

Savory, something there.

Savory, something there.

May 8th, 2017

9.0

Very approachable from the beginning although quite young. A very earthy wet smell and a beautiful magenta color.

Very approachable from the beginning although quite young. A very earthy wet smell and a beautiful magenta color.

Aug 27th, 2016