Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2009 Wine Bar | Ghost Town fermented spontaneously with a brief

fermented spontaneously with a brief spell on the skins

just south of Clarksburg in the Sacramento River Delta

bay laurel

marl-and-limestone hillside on the left bank of the Serein

This wine offers bright citrus

Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2009 Wine Bar | Ghost Town fermented spontaneously with a briefChinon 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