Clos du Tue-Boeuf Rouillon Cheverny Rouge 2022 750ml

Named for the site (which translates to "rusty" for the red tinge of the clay soils), Rouillon is a single 1.9-hectare estate plot of 25-year-old Gamay and Pinot Noir vines. 

Since Rouillon lies within the original Clos du Tue-Boeuf (which is in fact a clos), the estate name features prominently at the top of the label along with the estate's emblem of a cow with wings. This is how the Puzelat visually distinguish their historic land in Cheverny. 

Whole-cluster, open-top, semi-carbonic fermentation in vat. Pressed, aged for six months in demi-muids and bottled unfiltered.

With all estate wines at Tue-Boeuf, the decision to add or avoid S02 is made instincively each vintage. If S02 is added, it is only at bottling and in a tiny dose of one gram per hectoliter. 

-Louis/Dressner Selections