Domaine des Roches Neuves Saumur white "Clos Romans" 2022

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Domaine des Roches Neuves Saumur Clos Romans 2022 white wine

Guide RVF des Meilleurs Vins de France 2025 (August 2024) : 96/100. Equally dynamic and brilliant, the Clos Romans imparts a velvety texture and phenomenal energy. A magnificent contemporary expression of Saumur chenin.

La Revue du Vin de France (April 2025) : 95/100. From a charming clos with clay, silt, sandstone, and flint soils on tuffeau, here is Clos Romans, a radiant white evoking flowers and citrus, all in nuances. A magnificent purity of the material. An exceptional drive, an unforgettable freshness in this sunny vintage.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Y. Castaing, June 2024) : 93/100. The 2022 Saumur Blanc Clos Romans, from vines planted on clay-limestone soil, pressed for four hours and matured for nine months on fine lees, reveals a lively, aromatic bouquet of white fruits, spices, lemon oil, and ripe orchard fruits. Medium-bodied, rich and satiny, enveloping and charming, rich and structured, with good depth at the core and chalky extract, it will need time to integrate fully. DRINK DATE 2024-2034.

Technical Sheet written by the domaine :

LOCATION : In the municipality of Parnay, walled clos from the 11th century overlooking the Loire.

GRAPE VARIETY : Chenin

TERRIOR AND VINEYARD WORK : Clay-limestone, 30 cm of clayey sand before reaching the so-called Sénonien limestone. 100% soil work, plus natural cover cropping. Planting 10,000 vines/ha, mass selection. Vineyard work: organic and biodynamic: Biodyvin label and Ecocert certification.

VINIFICATION : Manual harvesting. Alcoholic fermentation in 400-liter oval barrels with 52mm thickness.
Pneumatic pressing, natural degrees of 12.9°, fermentation duration of 2 months. Aging on fine lees for 9 months. All these operations are carried out at low temperatures in an underground cellar to preserve the fruit in the wine.