Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2008 LD25SALE fully resolved Grand Cru Burgundy

fully resolved Grand Cru Burgundy from a vintage now at peak

The Bronca sisters grow their own fruit in steep hillside vineyards around the villages of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene

2-hectare plot of gravel and limestone in Cramans

bringing blossom honey

layered with hints of spice and chalk

Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2008 LD25SALE fully resolved Grand Cru BurgundyLes 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