Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2008 CRV5 from the excellent

from the excellent

The Mentor is a field blend of Frontenac Noir and St

' is the in-house bottling of Eklektikon

From the producer: Hennessy V

It spends close to four years on its lees in the chalk cellars beneath Reims

Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2008 CRV5 from the excellentLes Picasses is one of the Loire's great vineyards, and Olga Raffault is the domaine that proved it. A south facing slope of clay over limestone tuffeau, it gives Cabernet Franc everything it needs at once: sun for ripeness, drainage, clay for flesh, chalk for structure. Raffault's mid slope vines are over fifty years old, farmed organically and fermented with indigenous yeast, then aged for years in big oak and chestnut foudres before more time in