Domaine des Roches Neuves Saumur-Champigny "La Marginale" red 2023

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Domaine des Roches Neuves Saumur-Champigny "La Marginale" red 2023

RVF Guide to the Best Wines of France 2026 (Sept. 2025): 94/100. La Marginale, more enveloping, fleshy, has a refined mouthfeel.

Technical sheet written by the domaine:

LOCATION: In the municipalities of Chacé and Varrains at the lieu-dit Les Poyeux.

GRAPE VARIETY: Cabernet Franc

TERROIR AND VINEYARD WORK: Clay-limestone with a predominance of Turonian, south-facing slopes that warm up earlier than others, thus achieving beautiful ripeness. This cuvée can only come to light in great vintages, knowing that we must find great balances.
Natural cover crop.
Soil work: plowing and tilling for better aeration.
Vineyard work: organic and biodynamic, Biodyvin label and Ecocert certification.

VINIFICATION:
Manual harvest with sorting on the table upon arrival at the winery.
Yield: 35 hl/ha.
Fermentation of the wine in wooden vats with very light pump-overs just to moisten the cap.
Followed by a maceration of 22 to 24 days depending on the type of wine we are seeking.
Malolactic fermentation in a 25 hl round wooden vat from Stockinger.
Aging in 228-liter barrels of 2 and 3 wines as well as in oval foudres of 12 hl and round ones of 25 hl. The aging duration of La Marginale can vary from 18 to 24 months depending on the characteristics of the wine.

GASTRONOMIC PAIRINGS:
Apple blood sausage compression
“Thick pork chop” “Ibaïona” in a casserole and vegetable fricassee
Marinated lamb chops with Espelette pepper and garlic-soaked bread galette
Pigeons grilled over embers
Pigeon seared then cooked in hay from Aydes
Farm-raised squabs stuffed with truffled potatoes and pig's feet
Oxtail stew
Herb-crusted rack of lamb
Beef rib with choron sauce
Quails in confit, grandmother's potatoes
Spiced lacquered mallard
Spiced honey-roasted duckling