Domaine Philippe Tessier Cour-Cheverny (Romorantin) La Porte Doree 2023

Name: Domaine Philippe Tessier Cour-Cheverny (Romorantin) La Porte Doree 2023
Brand: Sacred Thirst Selections [STS]
SKU: SF-3-STS--062426-53
Price: 44.99 USD
Availability: InStock

$44⁹⁹

Romorantin is grown in exactly one appellation on earth: Cour-Cheverny, a sliver of the Loire barely fifty hectares in size. Legend has it Francois I had the vines brought up from Burgundy in the 1500s; five centuries later there is still almost none of it, and Tessier makes some of the best. La Porte Doree is the estate's flagship, from 80- to 90-year-old vines on clay over limestone bedrock, fermented with native yeasts and left to rest on its lees without fuss. It is built on a firm, almost tactile acidity — it can seem severe when young, then unwinds into something honeyed and nutty over a decade or more. If you love Chenin, Savennieres, or anything with bones, this is your grape.

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More about Domaine Philippe Tessier

Since 1981 Philippe Tessier has been quietly producing beautifully transparent wines from the 23 hectare domaine that his father founded in the early 1960's in the heart of Cheverny.

The Tessiers have always farmed with the goal of a harmonious relationship with nature, and they've been organically certified for several decades. In the cellar they never added anything other than sulphur in small amounts where and when necessary. They use neutral barrels and do just what is needed to make what the vineyard offers.

So why are they not on the front pages of every social media account devoted to natural wine? Because they are stylistically quiet, understated and clean. They are clear, precise reflections of terroir, not funky, animalistic standouts.

But if you look closely you'll find them on many of the hippest Parisian wine bar lists or sprinkled among their louder brethren on the chalkboards of natural wine focused cafés from Brooklyn to the Mission. And if you have a Loire Valley wine lover around then Tessier is a must have.