Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2009 NO20230809 He works with a light

He works with a light touch: hand-harvesting

This is California Zin the way it used to be made: lifted

more perfumed half of the old Pichon estate

with no sugar added to smooth the finish

Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2009 NO20230809 He works with a lightChinon rewards patience, and Olga Raffault has always been happy to do the waiting for you. Les Picasses is the domaine's flagship: a south facing slope of clay over limestone tuffeau, planted to Cabernet Franc vines over fifty years old, farmed organically and fermented with indigenous yeast. The wine spends years in large oak and chestnut foudres and then more years in bottle before release. The 2009 was a warm, generous vintage in the Loire, which