Domaine Philippe Tessier Cheverny Rouge Point du Jour 2023 SPCALIFORNIA and honestly that tells you

and honestly that tells you most of what this tequila is for

it offers delicate citrus

The fruit comes from the Roero hills around Vezza d'Alba

and summer in a conifer forest

far more about length than butter and oak

Domaine Philippe Tessier Cheverny Rouge Point du Jour 2023 SPCALIFORNIA and honestly that tells youPoint 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