Domaine Philippe Tessier Cheverny Rouge Point du Jour 2023 PET-NAT and from one year

and from one year

'La Rave Nord' is 100% Pinot Noir from old vines averaging around 55 years in Meloisey

13 acres of mostly Pommard-clone Pinot Noir farmed for depth and complexity rather than power

Everything was destemmed and fermented in an egg-shaped tank

Domaine Philippe Tessier Cheverny Rouge Point du Jour 2023 PET-NAT and from one yearPoint 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