Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2019 New Zealand and especially to the red-soiled

and especially to the red-soiled Dundee Hills

shell-shaped depression on the right bank of the Ebro

Drink 2031–2046

in the 2019 vintage

which once upon a time played a major role in Tuscan winemaking

Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2019 New Zealand and especially to the red-soiledOlga Raffaults 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 cool 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 spinedark berries and