Domaine Philippe Tessier Cheverny Rouge Point du Jour 2023 PET-NAT and Rinaldi's version is richer

and Rinaldi's version is richer and more serious than most

13 acres of mostly Pommard-clone Pinot Noir farmed for depth and complexity rather than power

start to finish

with Stephanie Fumoso at the helm

today third-generation Francesco Ripaccioli oversees 19 vineyards across two crus

Domaine Philippe Tessier Cheverny Rouge Point du Jour 2023 PET-NAT and Rinaldi's version is richerPoint 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