Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2020 spirits-template Pierre and Jennifer Clair craft

Pierre and Jennifer Clair craft wines with zero oenological intervention

roughly half the blend

forest-driven character through a vibrant

and 777 clones

A significant milestone for the estate

Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2020 spirits-template Pierre and Jennifer Clair craftLes Picasses is the flagship single vineyard Cabernet Franc from Olga Raffault, one of Chinon's most quietly legendary multi generational estates. The mid slope vines on south facing chalky clay limestone are over fifty years old, farmed organically, and the wine is aged for two to three years in large foudres of oak and chestnut (typically 30 50 hectoliters) before further bottle age. The 2020 shows the structured, slow evolving profile Picasses is