Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2008 CRV5 and easy to drink without

and easy to drink without being thin

silky mouthfeel combined with complex notes of leafy herbs

Low production and famously high demand have always made it scarce

This unique wine presents classic Paolo Cortado aromas

Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2008 CRV5 and easy to drink withoutLes Picasses is one of the Loire's great vineyards, and Olga Raffault is the domaine that proved it. A south facing slope of clay over limestone tuffeau, it gives Cabernet Franc everything it needs at once: sun for ripeness, drainage, clay for flesh, chalk for structure. Raffault's mid slope vines are over fifty years old, farmed organically and fermented with indigenous yeast, then aged for years in big oak and chestnut foudres before more time in