Domaine Philippe Tessier Cheverny Rouge Point du Jour 2023 REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP and the window is wide

and the window is wide open

with a pleasing and lasting finish

Silky and aromatic

The payoff is a white with real weight and layers that still stays bright and mouthwatering

the tannins resolved into a firm-yet-silken frame

Domaine Philippe Tessier Cheverny Rouge Point du Jour 2023 REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP and the window is widePoint 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