Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2008 CRV5 It spends close to four

It spends close to four years on its lees in the chalk cellars beneath Reims

from the excellent

and easy to drink without being thin

After earning his PhD in terroir from the Paris Center of Agriculture

Low production and famously high demand have always made it scarce

Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2008 CRV5 It spends close to fourLes 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