Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2009 web-unpublished Each is as unique as

Each is as unique as the man the bourbon is named for

single-vineyard Rioja at a time when the region's identity was built on blending across many sites

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The name means "steep earth" and references a document from 1074 describing the incredibly severe slopes of the the Rüdesheim vineyards

That's the whole thesis behind Ghostnote

Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2009 web-unpublished Each is as unique asChinon rewards patience, and Olga Raffault has always been happy to do the waiting for you. Les Picasses is the domaine's flagship: a south facing slope of clay over limestone tuffeau, planted to Cabernet Franc vines over fifty years old, farmed organically and fermented with indigenous yeast. The wine spends years in large oak and chestnut foudres and then more years in bottle before release. The 2009 was a warm, generous vintage in the Loire, which