Domaine Philippe Tessier Cheverny Rouge Point du Jour 2023 SPCALIFORNIA far more about length than

far more about length than butter and oak

Tyler's appellation-wide Pinot Noir draws from top sites across Santa Barbara County

licorice and black pepper

and summer in a conifer forest

it offers delicate citrus

Domaine Philippe Tessier Cheverny Rouge Point du Jour 2023 SPCALIFORNIA far more about length thanPoint 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