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Red
2013 Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses
Cabernet Franc
- France
- Loire Valley
- Touraine
- Chinon
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Community Tasting Notes 15
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tward Likes this wine: 87 points
February 5, 2024 - Very Good
Opened the first night to taste along side a '15 Baudry La Croix Boissée to see what to have with hanger steak au poivre-ish. The Baudry won that night and this Olga Raffault contrasted as much fresher, showing vanilla and raspberry in the nose, maybe violets. Clean and pure, some granite? But overall, rather simple. Now, it's still showing its roots and works as a very nice bistro wine, but at 10+ years past the vintage I was hoping for a bit more. I don't know if this has the depth and structure to age, but I'm bumping my drinking window out to 2031 to encourage me to sit on the other bottle for another 4-5 years.
Importer: LDM Wines (Louis/Dressner Selections)
12.5% abv
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ManuKey Likes this wine: 89 points
September 22, 2023 - Un beau Cab Franc mature et à point. Sur des arômes terreuses, de fruits noirs séchés et de poivron. Bouche fraiche, acide, bien droite, avec juste assez de chair. Rien n'accroche. Très bon!
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klezman wrote:
September 16, 2023 - Bottle #2 for Rosh Hashannah. Excellent wine, perfectly earthy and funky with a core of fruit.
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BillBell73 Likes this wine:
February 24, 2021 - From a 375...this is definitely a bit light and underripe, even for a Raffault. Not a lot of structure or fruit. Maybe it will surprise me down the road...frankly, I’m always a little underwhelmed by young Les Picasses but with serious age they generally turn magical!
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UrbanGrill wrote: flawed
December 12, 2020 - Corked.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2013
- Type Red
- Producer Olga Raffault
- Varietal Cabernet Franc
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Les Picasses
- Country France
- Region Loire Valley
- SubRegion Touraine
- Appellation Chinon
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 76 (49%)
- Consumed 78 (51%)
Food Pairing
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Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerOlga Raffault
- VarietyCabernet Franc
- VineyardLes Picasses
- CountryFrance
- RegionLoire Valley
- SubRegionTouraine
- AppellationChinon
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