2021 Clos du Tue-Boeuf Cheverny Rouge 1.5L Magnum, Loire, France Sud-Ouest like the Blanc

like the Blanc

aged on fine lees

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the uncrushed berries and the whole clusters are layered in cement tanks

2021 Clos du Tue-Boeuf Cheverny Rouge 1.5L Magnum, Loire, France Sud-Ouest like the Blanc95% 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