Domaine Philippe Tessier Cheverny Rouge Point du Jour 2023 REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP and the window is wide

and the window is wide open

the tannins resolved into a firm-yet-silken frame

Farmed biodynamically on flinty clay and limestone soils with obsessive care

made by the Aviet family in Montigny-les-Arsures

The payoff is a white with real weight and layers that still stays bright and mouthwatering

Domaine Philippe Tessier Cheverny Rouge Point du Jour 2023 REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP and the window is widePoint du Jour comes from older plots on clay and limestone, a step up from the estate's regular Cheverny. Pinot Noir does most of the talking with Gamay in support, largely whole cluster fermented with a proper two week maceration, then aged in a jumble of barrels, demi muids and foudres before an unfiltered bottling with minimal sulfur. This is the serious end of Cheverny with none of the pomp: more depth and grip than the estate's regular red, but