Tessier 2021 Cour-Cheverny "La Porte Dorée"

"La Porte Dorée" is from 40 to 60 year-old  Romorantin vines grown on clay soils with limestone bedrock. The juice undergoes a long, slow alcoholic fermentation and malolactic fermentation, and the wine ages in old foudres and barriques. Minimal SO2 is added before bottling. We have to go back to 2014 to find a similar vintage with the brisk acidity that really makes Romorantin vibrate! The 2021 "Porte Dorée" shows  complex aromas of pear, citrus, lime-flower, white pepper, almond and caramel, with a very slight oxidative character. The palate shows ripe pear, quince, citrus, almond and intense stony flavors that coat the mouth and are very dense and long. This is a very young wine that will benefit from decanting or 3 to 10 years of cellaring. Lovely wine! DL (12.6% alc, 1 gr/l RS, total acidity 5.6 gr/l (!) total SO2 47 g/l)