Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2009 CS20230804 perfumed and fruit-forward reds —

perfumed and fruit-forward reds — a little more approachable young than the firmer Les Arboises

The drought-marked 2017 vintage yielded tiny

taut and focused on the palate

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and chalk is the whole story here: it gives the wine its taut

Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2009 CS20230804 perfumed and fruit-forward reds —Chinon 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