The lovely 2023 Tessier Cheverny Blanc is 80% Sauvignon Blanc with 10 % each of Menu Pineau and Chardonnay, farmed organically since 1998 and made with minimal SO2. Aromatically, there are a lot of textbook Sauv Blanc notes, but it...

The delicious 2023 Tessier Cheverny Rouge is from 15 to 40 year-old vines of 65% Pinot Noir, 30% Gamay and 5% Cot grown in sandy clay soils. Wild yeasts, of course, and aging in old barrels with minimal SO2 added,...

Toc is a pun for Côt, one of the single-variety cuvées made by Simon and Philippe Tessier in their organic estate of Sologne. Côt, or Malbec, is one of the grapes authorised in the Cheverny AOC but as the appellation...

Tessier's 2022 "Le Point du Jour" is a beautiful expression of Cheverny, a blend of  20% Gamay and 80% Pinot Noir from the oldest vines of the estate planted on two types of terroir, clay and sand and sandy clay...

The superb 2022 "Point Nommé" is from 100% Pinot Noir grown on silex and clay over limestone, vinified with minimal SO2 and aged for 10 months in old barriques, bottled unfiltered.  This is a vibrant Pinot, showing lush high-toned aromas...

The 2022 Tessier Cour-Cheverny is 100% Romorantin from vines grown on sandy clay soils over limestone. The wine goes through the malo and is vinified and aged in vats. This is a beautiful Cour-Cheverny showing the ripeness and sapid fruit...

We're happy to have "les Sables" back in stock, even if it's only one case!  This beautiful, rich but dry Romorantin from Tessier is from 25 to 40 year-old vines on sandy clay soils with silex. The wine ages 10...

"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...

Les Ardilles is majority Pinot Noir with a small percentage of Gamay from sandy clay soils with silex over limestone in Cheverny. Around 3 weeks of gentle maceration with light extraction followed by aging in old barrels and amphora, with...

This "poil dur" is wagging its tail again in 2023. This round, our favorite dog wine is a blend of mostly Gamay with a dash of Pinot Noir, all fruit from the Loire Valley (trust us we tasted with Pierre-O...

This is a beautiful Gamay from the talented Noella Morantin, who acquired part of the Clos Roche Blanche vineyard and other parcels above the Cher River in Pouillé, Touraine. The 2022 Mon Cher is from 35 year-old vines, vinified in...

Christophe Foucher's "La Lunotte" is in Couffy, Touraine, on a hill above the Cher, just a few miles from the Clos Roche Blanche. The soils are clay with silex over limestone, organic farming of course and natural winemaking at it's...