Loire Valley, France
Olga Raffault
Olga Raffault was a pioneering woman winemaker in Chinon, a red-wine region in the Loire Valley built on Cabernet Franc. Les Picasses is her top single vineyard — old vines on clay and flint that produce one of the most age-worthy reds the Loire makes, at a fraction of Burgundy prices.
A letter about wine, once a week
Written by Chris. One bottle or one idea, no roundup.