Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2008 petillant naturel generally granite soil and constant

generally granite soil and constant cool sunshine gives vines the ideal balance of elements to yield fresh flavored and vigorously textured wine

and allspice with a touch of ginger root

lively thirst quencher so stuffed with minerality that it’s fair to wonder if this is just dissolved limestone juice

Ezio Curruti farms a vineyard in a tony corner of Piedmont

this Gamay wins us over with persistence

Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2008 petillant naturel generally granite soil and constant93 Points Wine Advocate "The 2008 Chinon Les Picasses is an authentic representative of the vintage as well as of the domain. The 2008 has a coolish, pure and spicy but concentrated nose with a Pinot like expression of Cab Franc that comes across as pulpy but less juicy. On the palate, this is a textbook Loire Cabernet: sweet, intense and, believe me, perfectly ripe and balanced but still coolish, precise and finessed with delicate but lingering