Franc de Pied

In the glass

Aroma: wild raspberry, rose petal, wet stone, iris

Palate: red cherry, fine-grained tannin, saline mineral, long ethereal finish

Bottled from ungrafted Cabernet Franc planted on sand soils. Lighter-footed and more aromatic than the limestone cuvees, with rose and wild raspberry over a fine-grained mineral spine.

What it pairs with

• Roast partridge with bread sauce
  Delicate game bird and the wine's aromatic, ethereal lift align.
• Veal medallions with morels
  Cream and mushroom meet the wine's fine-grained tannin and saline length.
• Sainte-Maure de Touraine on toast
  Ash-rolled goat cheese and the wine's saline lift refresh each other.

History

Franc de Pied is bottled from Thierry Germain's ungrafted Cabernet Franc parcel, planted on sand soils that escaped phylloxera. The wine offers a reference for pre-phylloxera, ungrafted Cabernet Franc expression.

1. 2005: First vintage of Franc de Pied (ungrafted)

Facts

Producer

Domaine des Roches Neuves · visiting guide

Grapes

Cabernet Franc (100%)

Classification

Saumur-Champigny AOC

Oak

16 to 18 months in old oak demi-muids, no new oak

ABV

12.5%

Price

EUR 60 to 110 at retail

Drinking window

8 to 25 from vintage

First vintage

2005

Biodynamic

Demeter Certified

Organic

DEMETER

Vegan

Yes (no animal-derived fining)

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