Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2020

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Olga Raffault’s Les Picasses has always been about quiet authority, and in 2019 it feels beautifully, confidently arrived. Cabernet Franc from this storied Chinon site opens with c ool river-stone minerality, blackcurrant skin, and that unmistakable Loire undercurrent of damp earth and tobacco leaf, as if the cellar door has just been opened after a long winter. On the palate, the wine is resolved and supple without losing its spine—dark berries and savory plum wrapped in fine, chalk-dust tannins, lifted by gentle herbal notes and a flicker of iron. At this age, Les Picasses is in its prime: poised, expressive, and deeply satisfying, offering the pleasure of maturity without any sense of decline—just a calm, confident sense of place, fully spoken. Show more