Domaine Philippe Tessier Cheverny Rouge Point du Jour 2023 tag The 2016 Domaine de Chevalier

The 2016 Domaine de Chevalier rouge is a classic Left Bank blend led by Cabernet Sauvignon and rounded out with Merlot

expressing notes of caramelized muscovado sugar

quarried by the Gallo-Romans and later put to use by the monks of the Saint-Nicaise abbey

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Its south-facing slopes of blue-grey Taunus quartzite and slate are held up by stone terraces

Domaine Philippe Tessier Cheverny Rouge Point du Jour 2023 tag The 2016 Domaine de ChevalierPoint 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