Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2009 Wine Bar | Ghost Town marl-and-limestone hillside on the left

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

It rests on its lees for the better part of a year

farming the granite soils of Val do Salnes biodynamically

Jancis Robinson wrote up PYCM under the headline 'Making Chassagne more like Riesling

Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2009 Wine Bar | Ghost Town marl-and-limestone hillside on the leftChinon 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