Domaine Olga Raffault
2020 Chinon AOC Les Peuilles
'Les Peuilles', like the domaine's more renowned 'Les Picasses' vineyard, is a distinct lieu-dit near the village of Beaumont-En-Véron, but it is to the south of town, closer to the Vienne river. In comparison, Les Peuilles is a plateau with a gentle southern aspect rather than a hillside and it features soils of clay and flint rather than Les Picasses' limestones.
Organically farmed, hand harvested, de-stemmed but uncrushed, and fermented whole-berry in stainless steel with indigenous yeast. Aging takes place in 70-hectoliter oak and chestnut foudres for 6-12 months, with another year or two in bottle before release.
This wine already drinks very well at five years of age, but also boast a consistent track record of cellar improvement over the twelve to sixteen year span.
Region: Chinon, Loire Valley
Appellation: Chinon AOC
Varietal/Blend: 100% Cabernet Franc
ABV: 12.5%
Vineyard & Vine Age: Organic. Estate vines. 'Les Peuilles' is a lieu-dit just south of the village Beaumont-En-Véron (in the northwest corner of the Chinon appellation), closer to the Vienne river. The vineyard is on a gently south-facing plateau with soils of clay and flint. Vines averaging 43 years old. Harvested September 31st under ideal conditions. 7ha plot. 25hl/ha yield. Farmed by hand.
Cellar: Hand harvested and sorted, de-stemmed but uncrushed, and fermented whole-berry in stainless steel with indigenous yeast. Aging takes place in 70-hectoliter oak and chestnut foudres for 6-12 months, with another year or two in bottle before release.
CSPC: 123300
Winemakers Note: []
What the Critics are saying: "Domaine Olga Raffault’s 2020 'les Peuilles' is a superb young bottle of Chinon. The bouquet is deep, complex and very precise, wafting from the glass in a mix of dark berries, cassis, cigar ash, flinty soil tones, tree bark, just a hint of oak and plenty of upper register smokiness. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and complex, with a lovely core of black fruit, fine soil signature, ripe, seamless tannins, fine focus and grip and a long, beautifully balanced and complex finish. There is just a whisper of brett here, but compared to vintages from the domaine back in the 1990s, it is virtually undetectable in comparison. Good juice. 2030-2075." — 92pts, John Gilman, View From The Cellar, July 2024
Region: Chinon, Loire Valley
Appellation: Chinon AOC
'Les Peuilles', like the domaine's more renowned 'Les Picasses' vineyard, is a distinct lieu-dit near the village of Beaumont-En-Véron, but it is to the south of town, closer to the Vienne river. In comparison, Les Peuilles is a plateau with a gentle southern aspect rather than a hillside and it features soils of clay and flint rather than Les Picasses' limestones.
Organically farmed, hand harvested, de-stemmed but uncrushed, and fermented whole-berry in stainless steel with indigenous yeast. Aging takes place in 70-hectoliter oak and chestnut foudres for 6-12 months, with another year or two in bottle before release.
This wine already drinks very well at five years of age, but also boast a consistent track record of cellar improvement over the twelve to sixteen year span.
TECHNICAL INFO
Varietal/Blend: 100% Cabernet Franc
ABV: 12.5%
Vineyard: Organic. Estate vines. 'Les Peuilles' is a lieu-dit just south of the village Beaumont-En-Véron (in the northwest corner of the Chinon appellation), closer to the Vienne river. The vineyard is on a gently south-facing plateau with soils of clay and flint. Vines averaging 43 years old. Harvested September 31st under ideal conditions. 7ha plot. 25hl/ha yield. Farmed by hand.
Cellar: Hand harvested and sorted, de-stemmed but uncrushed, and fermented whole-berry in stainless steel with indigenous yeast. Aging takes place in 70-hectoliter oak and chestnut foudres for 6-12 months, with another year or two in bottle before release.
CSPC: 123300
Winemakers Note: []
What the Critics are saying: "Domaine Olga Raffault’s 2020 'les Peuilles' is a superb young bottle of Chinon. The bouquet is deep, complex and very precise, wafting from the glass in a mix of dark berries, cassis, cigar ash, flinty soil tones, tree bark, just a hint of oak and plenty of upper register smokiness. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and complex, with a lovely core of black fruit, fine soil signature, ripe, seamless tannins, fine focus and grip and a long, beautifully balanced and complex finish. There is just a whisper of brett here, but compared to vintages from the domaine back in the 1990s, it is virtually undetectable in comparison. Good juice. 2030-2075." — 92pts, John Gilman, View From The Cellar, July 2024
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
Climate:
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Soils:
Varietal/Blend: 100% Cabernet Franc
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: 12.5%
Produced Cases: 50
CSPC: 123300
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
