Domaine Philippe Tessier, Cheverny Rouge "Le Point du Jour", 2023 SACOUNT071924 5 hectares across 25 tiny

5 hectares across 25 tiny plots

or just a long

cacao and a flicker of chili on the nose

and this bottling makes the case

some over a century old and grown high in the mountains among the cedars

Domaine Philippe Tessier, Cheverny Rouge "Le Point du Jour", 2023 SACOUNT071924 5 hectares across 25 tinyA pure expression of Loire Gamay from the often overlooked Cheverny appellation, where Philippe Tessier has quietly become one of the region's most respected vignerons. Working organically in the siliceous clay soils near Chambord, Tessier crafts wines of remarkable freshness and purity. "Le Point du Jour" comes from a single parcel and captures the bright, crunchy character that makes Loire Gamay so distinctivelighter and more lifted than its