2020 Domaine Philippe Tessier Cheverny Rouge "Le Point du Jour", Loire Valley, France
ABOUT THIS WINE
Phillipe Tessier's Pont du Jour is an assemblage of estate-grown pinot noir + gamay. Always full of bright crunchy red fruits.
75% Pinot Noir + 25% Gamay from 20 years, 40 hectoliters per hectare
Limestone bedrock under soils composed of silica and clay. Hand harvested. Vinified (80% whole cluster) in stainless steel vat using native yeasts. AGING: 10 months in used barrels of various volume. Bottled January 2016 with no fining and no filtration.
ABOUT THIS PRODUCER
On the southern banks of the Loire River in the appellation of Cheverny, Philippe Tessier farms 23 hectares of vines utilizing organic principles. Perhaps more importantly, however, Philippe strives to make honest wines that respect the natural balance of his vines and the local ecosystem of the Loire Valley. He harvests by hand, utilizes neutral oak and native yeast and nominally filters. His overriding goal is for his wines to reflect not the hand of the winemaker, but rather the original character of the vine, soil and vintage.