2021 Clos du Tue-Boeuf Cheverny Rouge 1.5L Magnum, Loire, France Sud-Ouest virgin American oak casks

virgin American oak casks

The "NO" indicates that it is not to be topped up

John Riesling Bone-Dry Sierra Foothills

and spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks and old foudre

2021 Clos du Tue-Boeuf Cheverny Rouge 1.5L Magnum, Loire, France Sud-Ouest virgin American oak casks95% Pinot Noir 5% Gamay. Normally, Tue Boeuf vinifies and bottles three separate estate Cheverny Rouge wines: Rouillon, Caillres and Gravotte. But the challenging 2021 vintage made that impossible, so what fruit they could harvest from these three sites was made into a more broadly named Cheverny Rouge. Typical of their reds, the fruit went as whole clusters into huge oak tanks for an open top, semi carbonic fermentation. After a gentle pressing, the