Roches Neuves (Thierry Germain), Saumur-Champigny Franc de Pied, 2016 skurnik burgundy DI offer Hand-harvested in the morning and

Hand-harvested in the morning and pressed gently to preserve aromatic freshness

and bottled unfiltered from a single barrel

elevated by meticulous farming and old-vine fruit

Owner Bruce Murray acquired the 120-acre property in 2007 and planted the estate vineyard in 2013 with Cabernet Franc and other cool-climate varieties

The village bottling anchors Domaine Duroché's portfolio

Roches Neuves (Thierry Germain), Saumur-Champigny Franc de Pied, 2016 skurnik burgundy DI offer Hand-harvested in the morning andThierry 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