2018 Thierry Germain (Roches Neuves), Saumur-Champigny Rouge, Clos de l'Echelier Site_La Joie du Palais and José Martinez – embarked

and José Martinez – embarked on a mission with Envínate: to create wines of profound purity and unwavering focus and show the heights of what can be done with hard work and dedication in these previously unheralded terroirs

the wine is shaped by the region’s specific geological density and high-altitude cool-climate influences

” Ponce’s disciplined restraint—no new oak and no heavy extraction - take this grape to the next level

The vineyards are planted on albariza

The cat is already hiding

2018 Thierry Germain (Roches Neuves), Saumur-Champigny Rouge, Clos de l'Echelier Site_La Joie du Palais and José Martinez – embarkedThierry Germains meticulous approach at Domaine des Roches Neuves centers on an intimate understanding of his parcels, employing strict biodynamic farming to ensure vine health and physiological ripeness. The Clos de l'Echelier, a 1. 4 hectare site in Dampierre sur Loire, is defined by exceptionally shallow topsoila mix of clay, silt, and sandresting directly upon *craie verte*, a middle Turonian tuffeau chalk with high glauconitic and micaceous