2018 Thierry Germain Saumur Blanc "L'Echelier"

100% Chenin, produced on stony soils of limestone, flint and silt, fermented in 400-litre barrels and Burgundian casks.  Fruit driven and powerful ...

I said it: better than Clos Rougard's Breze. Yes, I went there.  One of the finest Saumur blancs I've ever had.  100% Chenin; fermentation and macé...

Biodynamic Chenin Blanc sparkling with lots of floral, acacia and steely essence. Powerful and aromatic with loads of exotic fruit and earth driven...

100% Chenin from a parcel selection of vines behind the house within the Clos de la Cerisaie, planted in the 1950s; soil that is more clay-limeston...

The newest of Germain's cuvees from one of the most renowned sites in Saumur.  Produced from young vines planted on clay-limestone soils, at 10,000...