Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2008 LD25SALE From the distillary: Silky verdant

From the distillary: Silky verdant green notes sing in delicious harmony with fresh aromatic herbs and a wonderfully fresh citrus finish

fully resolved Grand Cru Burgundy from a vintage now at peak

and with 2018 now carrying some bottle age

layered with hints of spice and chalk

and it is now in the hands of Julien Desplans

Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2008 LD25SALE From the distillary: Silky verdantLes 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