Domaine Olga Raffault

2021 Chinon AOC La Cuvée OR, le Chenin des Picasses

The family planted Chenin Blanc under ten years ago in their flagship Les Picasses lieu-dit vineyard to see what that famed clay-limestone terroir slope would produce. It was bottled as "Chenin de Picasses" for the first time in the 2020 vintage (note: in France the wine bears a different label and name, "L'Or d'Olga"). Find notes of chamomile, lemon balm, lanolin, hazelnut and crushed gravel. This cuvée represents a more structured, age-worthy white with extended lees aging. In 2021, the cool growing season delivered tense, vibrant Chenin Blanc with excellent longevity potential and lifted aromatics due to extended ripening.

Organic, hand harvested, whole-cluster pressed and an overnight cold settle of the must. Fermentation to dryness takes place spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in 500L second- and third-use French oak demi-muids. The wine does not go through MLF and is aged on its fine lees for a year in those same barrels, clarifying naturally during that time and is thereby bottled without filtration.
France
White
Biodynamic Wine
ORGANIC (VIN ISSU DE L'AGRICULTURE BIOLOGIQUE FR-BIO-01)

Region:  Chinon, Loire Valley

Appellation:  Chinon AOC

Varietal/Blend:  100% Chenin Blanc

ABV:  12.9%

Vineyard & Vine Age: Organic. Estate vineyards. 10-year-old Chenin vines in the Les Picasses lieu-dit vineyard with limestone soils. (First vintage released was 2020).

Cellar: Sorted and whole-cluster pressed for an overnight cold settle of the must before being racked to oak. Fermentation (to full dryness) takes place spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in 500L second- and third-use French oak demi-muids. The wine does not go through MLF and is aged on its fine lees for a year in those same barrels, clarifying naturally during that time and is thereby bottled without filtration.

CSPC:  123296

Winemakers Note:  []

What the Critics are saying:  []

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Domaine Olga Raffault
2021 Chinon AOC La Cuvée OR, le Chenin des Picasses

Region:  Chinon, Loire Valley

Appellation:  Chinon AOC

France
White
Biodynamic Wine
ORGANIC (VIN ISSU DE L'AGRICULTURE BIOLOGIQUE FR-BIO-01)
The family planted Chenin Blanc under ten years ago in their flagship Les Picasses lieu-dit vineyard to see what that famed clay-limestone terroir slope would produce. It was bottled as "Chenin de Picasses" for the first time in the 2020 vintage (note: in France the wine bears a different label and name, "L'Or d'Olga"). Find notes of chamomile, lemon balm, lanolin, hazelnut and crushed gravel. This cuvée represents a more structured, age-worthy white with extended lees aging. In 2021, the cool growing season delivered tense, vibrant Chenin Blanc with excellent longevity potential and lifted aromatics due to extended ripening.

Organic, hand harvested, whole-cluster pressed and an overnight cold settle of the must. Fermentation to dryness takes place spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in 500L second- and third-use French oak demi-muids. The wine does not go through MLF and is aged on its fine lees for a year in those same barrels, clarifying naturally during that time and is thereby bottled without filtration.

TECHNICAL INFO

Varietal/Blend:  100% Chenin Blanc

ABV:  12.9%

Vineyard:  Organic. Estate vineyards. 10-year-old Chenin vines in the Les Picasses lieu-dit vineyard with limestone soils. (First vintage released was 2020).

Cellar: Sorted and whole-cluster pressed for an overnight cold settle of the must before being racked to oak. Fermentation (to full dryness) takes place spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in 500L second- and third-use French oak demi-muids. The wine does not go through MLF and is aged on its fine lees for a year in those same barrels, clarifying naturally during that time and is thereby bottled without filtration.

CSPC:  123296

Winemakers Note: []

What the Critics are saying: []

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:  12.9%

Produced Cases:  50

CSPC:  123296

Calgary + Alberta South

Andrew Stewart

403-604-0408

andrew@vinoalvino.ca

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Joe Gurba

780-203-5284

joe@vinoalvino.ca

Saskatoon + Saskatchewan South

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306-290-0277

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