Domaine Olga Raffault
2021 Chinon AOC Le Champ-Chenin
The 2021 vintage was shaped by cooler, wetter conditions, produced leaner, high-acid whites with vivid aromatic freshness. This wine reflects the late, low-yielding harvest of 2021 and benefits from restrained alcohol and detailed structure. The production is minute, as is our allocation.
Like all Raffault vines, these are farmed organically and harvested by hand. The bunches are direct-pressed very gently to stainless steel where it fully ferments to dryness at cool temperatures with only indigenous yeast. The wine then ages on the lees in tank without MLF and only occasional lees stirring. It's bottled with a light, non-sterile filtration and minimal SO2.
Drink now or cellar for five to nine years.
Region: Chinon, Loire Valley
Appellation: Chinon AOC
Varietal/Blend: 100% Chenin Blanc
ABV: 12.83%
Vineyard & Vine Age: Organic. Estate vineyards. Hand farmed. These are some of the oldest Chenin Blanc vines in Chinon AOC. 1ha Monopole called 'Champ-Chenin'. Limestone-rich, due west of 'Les Picasses' lieu-dit.
Cellar: Hand harvested and sorted, the bunches are direct-pressed very gently to stainless steel. Fermented to dryness at cool temperatures with only indigenous yeast. Aged sur lie without MLF. Only occasional lees stirring. Aight, non-sterile filtration at the time of bottling together with a very minimal SO2 addition.
CSPC: 123295
Winemakers Note: []
What the Critics are saying: 2018: "The 2018 Chinon Blanc “Champ-Chenin” from Domaine Raffault is really an outstanding bottle of young, bone dry Chenin Blanc. The wine comes in at 12.5 percent alcohol and possess a nervosité on the palate that is really delightful. The bouquet wafts from the glass in a mix of green apple, quince, a lovely base of chalky soil, beeswax, spring flowers and a dollop of upper register lanolin. On the palate the wine is vibrant, full-bodied, focused and racy, with a superb core of fruit, excellent mineral drive and a long, nascently complex and impeccably balanced finish. Great juice. 2021-2045." 94pts, John Gilman, View From The Cellar, May-June 2021
Region: Chinon, Loire Valley
Appellation: Chinon AOC
The 2021 vintage was shaped by cooler, wetter conditions, produced leaner, high-acid whites with vivid aromatic freshness. This wine reflects the late, low-yielding harvest of 2021 and benefits from restrained alcohol and detailed structure. The production is minute, as is our allocation.
Like all Raffault vines, these are farmed organically and harvested by hand. The bunches are direct-pressed very gently to stainless steel where it fully ferments to dryness at cool temperatures with only indigenous yeast. The wine then ages on the lees in tank without MLF and only occasional lees stirring. It's bottled with a light, non-sterile filtration and minimal SO2.
Drink now or cellar for five to nine years.
TECHNICAL INFO
Varietal/Blend: 100% Chenin Blanc
ABV: 12.83%
Vineyard: Organic. Estate vineyards. Hand farmed. These are some of the oldest Chenin Blanc vines in Chinon AOC. 1ha Monopole called 'Champ-Chenin'. Limestone-rich, due west of 'Les Picasses' lieu-dit.
Cellar: Hand harvested and sorted, the bunches are direct-pressed very gently to stainless steel. Fermented to dryness at cool temperatures with only indigenous yeast. Aged sur lie without MLF. Only occasional lees stirring. Aight, non-sterile filtration at the time of bottling together with a very minimal SO2 addition.
CSPC: 123295
Winemakers Note: []
What the Critics are saying: 2018: "The 2018 Chinon Blanc “Champ-Chenin” from Domaine Raffault is really an outstanding bottle of young, bone dry Chenin Blanc. The wine comes in at 12.5 percent alcohol and possess a nervosité on the palate that is really delightful. The bouquet wafts from the glass in a mix of green apple, quince, a lovely base of chalky soil, beeswax, spring flowers and a dollop of upper register lanolin. On the palate the wine is vibrant, full-bodied, focused and racy, with a superb core of fruit, excellent mineral drive and a long, nascently complex and impeccably balanced finish. Great juice. 2021-2045." 94pts, John Gilman, View From The Cellar, May-June 2021
Giovanni Autuori
Calgary + Alberta South
T: 403-971-1898
E: giovanni@vinoalvino.ca
Joe Gurba
Edmonton + Alberta North
T: 780-203-5284
E: joeg@vinoalvino.ca
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TECHNICAL INFO
Country: France
Region: Chinon, Loire Valley
Appellation: Chinon AOC
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Varietal/Blend: 100% Chenin Blanc
Fermentation: Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in old oak puncheons.
Ageing:
Vineyard & Vine Age: Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.
ABV: 12.83%
Produced Cases: 50
CSPC: 123295
Calgary + Alberta South
Andrew Stewart
403-604-0408
andrew@vinoalvino.ca
Edmonton + Alberta North
Joe Gurba
780-203-5284
joe@vinoalvino.ca
Saskatoon + Saskatchewan South
Kerrie Gavin
306-290-0277
kerrie@vinoalvino.ca
