Domaine Philippe Tessier Cour-Cheverny (Romorantin) Les Sables 2024 SPS21 on a steep hill above

on a steep hill above the Slovenian-Austrian border: organic and biodynamic farming

finely grained and composed

From the importer: An aromatic agave spirit with slightly visible ‘legs’ that are left on the inside of a sipping glass when tasting the mezcal

then a year on its fine lees before finishing in stainless steel

Domaine Philippe Tessier Cour-Cheverny (Romorantin) Les Sables 2024 SPS21 on a steep hill aboveLes Sables is named for what it grows in: sand and silica over limestone bedrock, Cour Cheverny's recipe for a white that is all nerve. It's 100% Romorantin a grape that exists nowhere on the planet but this fifty hectare corner of the Loire from vines twenty to forty years old. Tessier ferments with native yeasts and ages the wine in foudre and demi muid before a stretch in stainless steel, which puts flesh on the frame without leaving any oak taste