Thierry Germain (Roches Neuves), Saumur Champigny Marginales Vintage:2016 There is excellent freshness to

There is excellent freshness to the distinctly earthy and sauvage red and dark berry fruit aromas that display floral top notes and a hint of spice

violet and minerals

They compare this 2015 with 2009 and 2005 in terms of style but with freshness in the style of 2001 and 2010

floral and tea aromas

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Thierry Germain (Roches Neuves), Saumur Champigny Marginales Vintage:2016 There is excellent freshness toLa Marginale is Thierry Germains best known bottling, and there's good reason for that, the nose expresses a cascade of raspberry and blackberry fruits infused with herbal notes. It has good heft on the palate while remaining fruity and lively. A superb wine combining seduction with complexity.