Jean-Maurice Raffault Chinon Les Picasses
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Les Picasses is a 2022 red Chinon from the Loire Valley in France, made from Cabernet Franc. Chinon covers both banks of the Vienne River, a tributary of the Loire, across 19 communes and 2,400 hectares.
The Raffault family has grown vines in Chinon for 14 generations, since Mathurin Bottreau bought his first parcel in 1693. Jean-Maurice Raffault took over in 1973 with 4.5 hectares, grew the domaine to 50 hectares in 7 communes, and began vinifying each parcel separately and naming wines for their sites, a practice now common in Chinon. His son Rodolphe has been winemaker since 1997. He ages each wine separately for 18 months in neutral oak casks over 10 years old, in limestone cliff caves. The wines are fined with egg whites, not filtered, and farmed organically.
- Region: Loire Valley, France
- Appellation: Chinon
- Wine Type: Red Wine
- Varietal: Cabernet Franc
- Vineyard: Les Picasses
- Country of Origin: France