Olga Raffault, Chinon Les Picasses, 2009 SO0422_Reductions with no chaptalization and no

with no chaptalization and no added yeast

It can be a little reserved when you first pour it

or just want tequila that actually tastes like agave

the kind of aged Portuguese red that overdelivers

Benjamin Gras assembles the blend from parcels across four communes: Vacqueyras

Olga Raffault, Chinon Les Picasses, 2009 SO0422_Reductions with no chaptalization and noOlga Raffault is one of the most famous names in Chinon, one of France's great Cabernet Franc appellations, and Les Picasses is one of the Loire's finest vineyards, a south facing slope of clay over limestone tuffeau. The family farms organically, ferments with native yeast, and ages long in foudres, producing a Chinon built to age for decades. This is the 2009, a warm, ripe vintage, now a back vintage bottle from a private cellar that is entering a