Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2008 DISCOUNTABLE topping up the barrels for

topping up the barrels for 22 months so oxygen never gets a foothold

working organically across a patchwork of limestone-rich sites

spontaneous fermentation and elevage in neutral oak and steel

she reclaimed roughly two hectares of the family's finest old-vine parcels to farm

who runs the place today

Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2008 DISCOUNTABLE topping up the barrels forLes 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