L'Insolite

In the glass

Aroma: quince, honeysuckle, wet stone, yellow apple

Palate: pear, lemon zest, saline mineral, beeswax finish

Dry Saumur Chenin Blanc from old-vine tuffeau parcels. Thierry Germain's Demeter biodynamic white shows orchard fruit, beeswax and saline length.

What it pairs with

• Roast turbot with beurre blanc
  Loire butter sauce and the wine's pear-and-saline length are aligned.
• Crottin de Chavignol
  Aged goat cheese and dry Chenin's wax-and-mineral register are textbook.
• Roast chicken with morels
  Cream and mushroom meet the wine's beeswax-and-honeysuckle register.

History

L'Insolite is the estate's Saumur Chenin Blanc from old-vine tuffeau parcels. Thierry Germain bottled the cuvee from 1999 onward under Demeter biodynamic care.

1. 1999: First vintage of L'Insolite

Facts

Producer

Domaine des Roches Neuves · visiting guide

Grapes

Chenin Blanc (100%)

Classification

Saumur AOC

Oak

12 to 14 months in old oak demi-muids on lees, no new oak

ABV

13.0%

Price

EUR 28 to 42 at retail

Drinking window

4 to 15 from vintage

First vintage

1999

Biodynamic

Demeter Certified

Organic

DEMETER

Vegan

Yes (no animal-derived fining)

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