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

and the window is wide open

with the bourbon maturation providing rich vanilla and milk chocolate flavours alongside refreshing honey and zest notes

Farmed biodynamically on flinty clay and limestone soils with obsessive care

with a pleasing and lasting finish

While many of Godard's wines can feel tight and locked up when young

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