Olga Raffault
Domaine Olga Raffault is unquestionably one of the long-time reference points for top-quality, traditional Chinon wines. Its history is intriguing. Olga and her husband Pierre operated the estate together until he died unexpectedly just before harvest in 1947. Alone with two small children, Olga was left to run the business but was ably assisted for the vintage by employee Ernest Zenninger, a German prisoner who had found refuge and work at Raffault at the end of the war. Ernest stayed on, becoming the winemaker and working closely with Olga’s son Jean Raffault. The two of them ran the estate as a team for decades, under Olga’s watchful eye, until Jean’s daughter Sylvie and her husband Eric de la Vigerie took over about 10 years ago. The farming is certified organic and harvest is manual. This minimalist approach in the vineyard extends to the cellar. The fruit is destemmed, with the whole berries going uncrushed into tank for fermentation with native yeasts."
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2020 Olga Raffault Chinon Les BarnabesA serious single-vineyard 100% Cabernet Franc from a traditional natural wine producer in France's Loire Valley. Les Barnabes vineyard is a distinctive river-side site, where alluvial sand and ... read more$35.99 in mixed 6+ or $39.99 per bottle
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2019 Olga Raffault Chinon Les PeuillesA leading single-vineyard red from a natural Cabernet Franc producer in the Loire Valley. Les Peuilles is a special site for this small family operation, a "lieu dit" on a pleateau near the ... read more$39.99 in mixed 6+ or $44.99 per bottle
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2017 Olga Raffault Chinon Les PicassesA serious 100% Cabernet Franc from the classic terroir of Chinon in the Loire Valley. Les Picasses is the most famous Chinon lieu-dit, close to the village of Beaumont-En-Véron on the north ... read more$44.99 in mixed 6+ or $49.99 per bottle
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2018 Olga Raffault Chinon Champ-CheninThis special cellar release is a serious 100% Chenin Blanc from a leader in the otherwise red-dominant area of the Loire Valley. Raffault has some of the oldest Chenin Blanc vines in Chinon in a ... read more$53.99 in mixed 6+ or $59.99 per bottle
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