Thierry Germain
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Loire | 1 | - |
Inc. TAX
€177.18 |
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Loire | 1 | - |
Inc. TAX
€310.38 |
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Loire | 25 | - |
Inc. TAX
€486.78 |
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Loire | 9 | - |
Inc. TAX
€431.74 |
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Loire | 2 | - |
Inc. TAX
€228.78 |
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Loire | 6 | 91 (VN) |
Inc. TAX
€265.67 |
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Vinous (91)The Saumur Champigny label changes color every year, and in 2020 it's lilac. This might not be one of the estate’s single-vineyard cuvées but it offers delight with its bright, ripe fruit and sense of purity and transparency. There's nothing forced here (or in any of the other Roches Neuves wines, for that matter). Very natural and dangerously more-ish. |
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Loire | 20 | 89 (VN) |
Inc. TAX
€203.03 |
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Vinous (89)The 2021 Domaine des Roches Neuves is made in a light bodied, delicate and fragrant style. The purity of fruit here is reminiscent of raspberries and blueberries. It's a crunchy, fresh and lightly chalky style. Drink in its youth, lightly chilled. |
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Loire | 5 | - |
Inc. TAX
€390.78 |
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Loire | 7 | - |
Inc. TAX
€390.78 |
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Loire | 6 | - |
Inc. TAX
€390.78 |
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Loire | 6 | - |
Inc. TAX
€611.58 |
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Loire | 1 | 94 (WA) |
Inc. TAX
€394.38 |
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Wine Advocate (94)From Souzay-Champigny and cultivated on clay-limestone terroir with just a 30-centimeter layer of clayey sand before the Seonian limestone is present, the 2019 Saumur Blanc Clos Romans has a straw yellow color and a deep yet subtle and complex bouquet of white fruits intertwined with the flinty limestone aromas. Pure, fresh and juicy, with great finesse and mineral tension, this is a refined and highly elegant Saumur Chenin with a persistent, sustainably structured finish. It's an impressive wine and one of the finest dry Chenins I have had from the Loire this year. Tasted in June 2021. |
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Loire | 1 | - |
Inc. TAX
€655.67 |
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Loire | 1 | - |
Inc. TAX
€318.78 |
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Loire | 3 | 90 (VN) |
Inc. TAX
€582.78 |
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Vinous (90)It’s an “orange wine,” for sure, but for now, in its youth, the 2018 Saumur Blanc Terres is just kind of golden. The nose is full of apple and pear, with a cidery note, along with earth and citrus peel. In the mouth, there’s a lot of pear and pineapple. I find it adventurous and unique. The 2018 spent 4 months macerating in amphora. |
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Loire | 2 | - |
Inc. TAX
€569.58 |
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Loire | 1 | - |
Inc. TAX
€320.95 |
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Loire | 6 | - |
Inc. TAX
€390.78 |
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Loire | 1 | 95 (VN) |
Inc. TAX
€287.58 |
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Vinous (95)The 2019 Saumur Champigny Clos de L'Echelier is round and gently calm, almost meditative, but the chalky soil keeps things fresh and moving along despite the warmth of the growing season. There's delicacy on the midpalate and chalky finesse and fine tension on the lengthy finish, which is scented with red fruits and flowers. Outstanding stuff. |
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Loire | 3 | - |
Inc. TAX
€460.54 |
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Loire | 1 | 94 (VN) |
Inc. TAX
€259.98 |
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Vinous (94)Hailing from a sandy site planted in 2004, the 2019 Saumur Champigny Franc de Pied is the last wine that its maker Thierry Germain serves up. It's like a fondant potato melting in your mouth with its silken ease; it has breadth too, although with the seeming weight of air. This is a touch savory, and a hint of leather sits in the background, but it adds rather than detracts from the complexity. Scented, lengthy finish. |
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Loire | 2 | 94 (VN) |
Inc. TAX
€431.58 |
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Vinous (94)The 2020 Franc de Pied is incredibly reductive when it was first opened and needed a lot of time and a swirl with a copper coin. If you can be patient (5 minutes with a penny in your glass, or your currency's equivalent), it's worth the wait. It reveals itself to be a richly fruited, savory style that fills the mouth with a balloon of chalky silkiness. The limestone element really shows itself on the long finish, all finely grained texture and sinew. As you'd hope from Saumur-Champigny, there's no sense of weight or heft. Delectable now but has the structure to develop over the coming two decades. |
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Loire | 10 | - |
Inc. TAX
€422.87 |
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Loire | 8 | - |
Inc. TAX
€361.98 |
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Loire | 1 | 93 (WS) |
Inc. TAX
€227.58 |
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Wine Spectator (93)Vivid, with a lovely beam of cassis and dark cherry puree racing through, flanked by hints of graphite and alder and scored by flashes of bay, olive and sweet tobacco through the finish. A Loire red lover's dream. Drink now through 2026. 42 cases imported. |
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Loire | 14 | - |
Inc. TAX
€348.78 |
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Loire | 1 | 96 (VN) |
Inc. TAX
€324.78 |
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Vinous (96)From vines planted in 1904 that sit on both flint and limestone, which is a rare combination in Saumur-Champigny, the 2019 Les Memoires is all purity of coulis-like fruit. It offers incredible concentration yet floats in the mouth like a weightless cloud. If there were a Cabernet Franc equivalent of Chambolle Musigny, this would be it. I love it. The finest of chalky tannins are just present on the finish, as if to remind you this is a red wine. |
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Loire | 2 | 94 (VN) |
Inc. TAX
€556.38 |
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Vinous (94)The 2020 Les Mémoires is a round and elegant Cabernet Franc. It's a not-trying-hard wine that exudes a sense of calm and ease as it rolls around your mouth seamlessly. Maybe it's the 100-year-old vines doing their thing. There's no oak getting in the way, allowing the purity of fruit to shine. It remains true to its variety and place, while its light spice meets dark fruits. Forget the fruit flavors, this is all about refined texture and its fine, chalky, powdery veil of tannins lightly coating the palate. Long and textural, this is not a wine you'll regret... |
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Loire | 12 | - |
Inc. TAX
€436.07 |
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Loire | 1 | - |
Inc. TAX
€504.47 |
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Loire | 1 | - |
In Bond
€129.00 |
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Loire | 1 | - |
In Bond
€240.00 |
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Loire | 25 | - |
In Bond
€387.00 |
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Loire | 9 | - |
In Bond
€341.00 |
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Loire | 2 | - |
In Bond
€172.00 |
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Loire | 6 | 91 (VN) |
In Bond
€199.00 |
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Vinous (91)The Saumur Champigny label changes color every year, and in 2020 it's lilac. This might not be one of the estate’s single-vineyard cuvées but it offers delight with its bright, ripe fruit and sense of purity and transparency. There's nothing forced here (or in any of the other Roches Neuves wines, for that matter). Very natural and dangerously more-ish. |
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Loire | 20 | 89 (VN) |
In Bond
€147.00 |
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Vinous (89)The 2021 Domaine des Roches Neuves is made in a light bodied, delicate and fragrant style. The purity of fruit here is reminiscent of raspberries and blueberries. It's a crunchy, fresh and lightly chalky style. Drink in its youth, lightly chilled. |
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Loire | 5 | - |
In Bond
€307.00 |
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Loire | 7 | - |
In Bond
€307.00 |
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Loire | 6 | - |
In Bond
€307.00 |
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Loire | 6 | - |
In Bond
€491.00 |
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Loire | 1 | 94 (WA) |
In Bond
€310.00 |
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Wine Advocate (94)From Souzay-Champigny and cultivated on clay-limestone terroir with just a 30-centimeter layer of clayey sand before the Seonian limestone is present, the 2019 Saumur Blanc Clos Romans has a straw yellow color and a deep yet subtle and complex bouquet of white fruits intertwined with the flinty limestone aromas. Pure, fresh and juicy, with great finesse and mineral tension, this is a refined and highly elegant Saumur Chenin with a persistent, sustainably structured finish. It's an impressive wine and one of the finest dry Chenins I have had from the Loire this year. Tasted in June 2021. |
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Loire | 1 | - |
In Bond
€524.00 |
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Loire | 1 | - |
In Bond
€247.00 |
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Loire | 3 | 90 (VN) |
In Bond
€467.00 |
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Vinous (90)It’s an “orange wine,” for sure, but for now, in its youth, the 2018 Saumur Blanc Terres is just kind of golden. The nose is full of apple and pear, with a cidery note, along with earth and citrus peel. In the mouth, there’s a lot of pear and pineapple. I find it adventurous and unique. The 2018 spent 4 months macerating in amphora. |
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Loire | 2 | - |
In Bond
€456.00 |
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Loire | 1 | - |
In Bond
€245.00 |
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Loire | 6 | - |
In Bond
€307.00 |
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Loire | 1 | 95 (VN) |
In Bond
€221.00 |
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Vinous (95)The 2019 Saumur Champigny Clos de L'Echelier is round and gently calm, almost meditative, but the chalky soil keeps things fresh and moving along despite the warmth of the growing season. There's delicacy on the midpalate and chalky finesse and fine tension on the lengthy finish, which is scented with red fruits and flowers. Outstanding stuff. |
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Loire | 3 | - |
In Bond
€365.00 |
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Loire | 1 | 94 (VN) |
In Bond
€198.00 |
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Vinous (94)Hailing from a sandy site planted in 2004, the 2019 Saumur Champigny Franc de Pied is the last wine that its maker Thierry Germain serves up. It's like a fondant potato melting in your mouth with its silken ease; it has breadth too, although with the seeming weight of air. This is a touch savory, and a hint of leather sits in the background, but it adds rather than detracts from the complexity. Scented, lengthy finish. |
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Loire | 2 | 94 (VN) |
In Bond
€341.00 |
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Vinous (94)The 2020 Franc de Pied is incredibly reductive when it was first opened and needed a lot of time and a swirl with a copper coin. If you can be patient (5 minutes with a penny in your glass, or your currency's equivalent), it's worth the wait. It reveals itself to be a richly fruited, savory style that fills the mouth with a balloon of chalky silkiness. The limestone element really shows itself on the long finish, all finely grained texture and sinew. As you'd hope from Saumur-Champigny, there's no sense of weight or heft. Delectable now but has the structure to develop over the coming two decades. |
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Loire | 10 | - |
In Bond
€330.00 |
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Loire | 8 | - |
In Bond
€283.00 |
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Loire | 1 | 93 (WS) |
In Bond
€171.00 |
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Wine Spectator (93)Vivid, with a lovely beam of cassis and dark cherry puree racing through, flanked by hints of graphite and alder and scored by flashes of bay, olive and sweet tobacco through the finish. A Loire red lover's dream. Drink now through 2026. 42 cases imported. |
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Loire | 14 | - |
In Bond
€272.00 |
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Loire | 1 | 96 (VN) |
In Bond
€252.00 |
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Vinous (96)From vines planted in 1904 that sit on both flint and limestone, which is a rare combination in Saumur-Champigny, the 2019 Les Memoires is all purity of coulis-like fruit. It offers incredible concentration yet floats in the mouth like a weightless cloud. If there were a Cabernet Franc equivalent of Chambolle Musigny, this would be it. I love it. The finest of chalky tannins are just present on the finish, as if to remind you this is a red wine. |
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Loire | 2 | 94 (VN) |
In Bond
€445.00 |
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Vinous (94)The 2020 Les Mémoires is a round and elegant Cabernet Franc. It's a not-trying-hard wine that exudes a sense of calm and ease as it rolls around your mouth seamlessly. Maybe it's the 100-year-old vines doing their thing. There's no oak getting in the way, allowing the purity of fruit to shine. It remains true to its variety and place, while its light spice meets dark fruits. Forget the fruit flavors, this is all about refined texture and its fine, chalky, powdery veil of tannins lightly coating the palate. Long and textural, this is not a wine you'll regret... |
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Loire | 12 | - |
In Bond
€341.00 |
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Loire | 1 | - |
In Bond
€398.00 |
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