Philippe Tessier

Cheverny, Loire Valley

2019 Cheverny Blanc

A wine made up of predominantly Sauvignon Blanc with a touch Chardonnay and Orbois (aka Menu Pineau or Arbois), from vines around 25 years old. Grown on the appellation’s classic alluvial sandy gravely soil. Very generous in fruit, with cooked apple and cooked lemons, lovely mineral notes with a clean line of acidity. This is a wine filled with rich and intense flavours underpinned by energetic minerality.

2015 Cheverny Blanc ‘Dede’

100% Sauvignon Blanc from 2015, matured for a year before bottling. Bottled without fining or filtration and miniscule amounts of sulphur.  An exotic nose opens to mango, pineapple and other sweet tropical fruits. On the palate the theme continues, with grapefruit adding a citrus dimension to the flavours. The flavours are sweet and rich but the wine itself is quite dry. It’s an excellent wine in a very unique style.

2018 Cour-Cheverny

100% tank-fermented Romorantin from vines around 25 years old grown on silty clay soils. Romorantin, at least when grown in this region, is like the love child of Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc. Golden straw with lots of fruit concentration and a light reductive note of struck match or gunflint. The wine itself has a silken mouthfeel, carried by a line of concentrated fruit – mainly preserved lemon, orange peel paired with white asparagus. Pronounced minerality all the way along - Chablis meets Loire Valley.