Domaine Philippe Tessier Cour-Cheverny (Romorantin) Les Sables 2024 SF Chronicle the taste of great white

the taste of great white Burgundy from a name that still flies under the radar

low-intervention expression of the grape — crunchy red fruit

and a velvety richness rare even at this level

authentic small batch production from estate-owned agave

Oak aged wild ale that is Gin and Tonic inspired and made with Douglas fir

Domaine Philippe Tessier Cour-Cheverny (Romorantin) Les Sables 2024 SF Chronicle the taste of great whiteLes Sables is named for what it grows in: sand and silica over limestone bedrock, Cour Cheverny's recipe for a white that is all nerve. It's 100% Romorantin a grape that exists nowhere on the planet but this fifty hectare corner of the Loire from vines twenty to forty years old. Tessier ferments with native yeasts and ages the wine in foudre and demi muid before a stretch in stainless steel, which puts flesh on the frame without leaving any oak taste