Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2009 CS20230804 this Zibibbo dessert wine channels

this Zibibbo dessert wine channels 35-to-50-year-old bush vines through 30 months in barrique before a final rest in steel

The drought-marked 2017 vintage yielded tiny

Floral on the nose with pepper notes and citrus with a light touch of cinnamon on the tongue

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

Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2009 CS20230804 this Zibibbo dessert wine channelsChinon 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