Domaine Philippe Tessier Cheverny Rouge Point du Jour 2023 PET-NAT Everything was destemmed and fermented

Everything was destemmed and fermented in an egg-shaped tank

with Stephanie Fumoso at the helm

start to finish

and from one year

The Defaix family farms theirs organically and treats it with the same attention as their 1er Crus - quote from Helene Defaix: "we do the same work on a Petit Chablis that we do on a Premier Cru

Domaine Philippe Tessier Cheverny Rouge Point du Jour 2023 PET-NAT Everything was destemmed and fermentedPoint 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