2006 SAUMUR-CHAMPIGNY “TERRES CHAUDES”, DOMAINE DES ROCHES NEUVE

Price: £18.95 (including VAT)

The vines here grow on sandy clay and clayey limestone soils (tuffeau) that suit wines with deep root systems. The grapes macerate for 25 days before undergoing a malolactic fermentation.
Half the wine is matured in barrels on the fine lees that have been used before, the other half is kept in stainless steel. It is bottled twelve months later when the complexity of aroma is revealed and the tannins have balanced out. Unfiltered.