Domaine Philippe Tessier Cheverny Rouge Point du Jour 2023 REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP with a pleasing and lasting

with a pleasing and lasting finish

and the window is wide open

Silky and aromatic

made by the Aviet family in Montigny-les-Arsures

This is what Garnacha can be when farmed seriously and treated gently — closer in spirit to fine Pinot than to anything heavy

Domaine Philippe Tessier Cheverny Rouge Point du Jour 2023 REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP with a pleasing and lastingPoint 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