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• By Jancis Robinson, MW
  3/30/2017, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)

  (Olga Raffault, Les Picasses Chinon Red) Subscribe to see review text.

View From the Cellar

• By John Gilman
  Jan/Feb 2017, Issue #67, The 2015 Vintage In the Loire Valley (Part Two) and Plenty of Older Chinon Notes, (See more on View From the Cellar...)

  (Chinon “les Picasses”- Domaine Olga Raffault) Login and sign up and see review text.

• By John Gilman
  Jan/Feb 2012, Issue #37, The Annual Loire Valley Report: The 2010 Vintage and Other Recently Tasted Gems, (See more on View From the Cellar...)

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Winedoctor

• By Chris Kissack
  November 2007, (See more on Winedoctor...)

  (Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses) Login and sign up and see review text.

View From the Cellar

• By John Gilman
  Jul/Aug 2007, Issue #10, Recently Tasted Loire Valley Wines: The Garden is Open, (See more on View From the Cellar...)

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Wine Library TV

• By Gary Vaynerchuk
  WBW French Cabernet Franc, Episode #435, 4/2/2008, (See more on Wine Library TV...) 87 points

  (Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses) #3; VaynerPAZZZ; COLOR-medium dark; NOSE-solid barnyard poop components (like a 4H Fair); TASTE-very classic; lighter mouthfeel than the 2 previous wines; I like the complexity & inkiness; beautiful cabbage flavors on the mid-palate; dry & tart; smooth; a little tired (it might be taking a nap at 4:30pm while watching "Matlock"); missing a little pizzazz; a little lighter and awkward than I expected; I like, but a PAZZZ for $42 bones; drink now; JG-92; GV-87

Garagiste

• By Jon Rimmerman
  2/29/2008, (See more on Garagiste...)

  (RAFFAULT Chinon Picasses) Friday SPECIAL - 1990 Dear Friends, This was just confirmed and it is quite dear to my heart. I now we’ve already had a Friday Special so I'll call this Friday Special - 1990. I’ve seen bottles of this wine around, originally released 15 years ago, but this is the first true library stock I’ve come across - it has not been sitting around in the US waiting for a home or languishing in a warehouse somewhere. This is a very unique opportunity to experiment with an aged bottle of Chinon from a great vintage - at a very enticing Friday Special price. You can do whatever research you need to but this is an absolute steal of a deal from a wine region most of us rarely see with significant age. Let’s face it, there is a lot of 1990 Bordeaux on the market - it’s not what I would call hard to find if you have the funds to support the habit - but 1990 Chinon? Now that’s rare. As in Bordeaux, the Cabernet Franc of Chinon had a stellar vintage in 1990 and this wine is a testament to just how gracefully the toothy and tannic wines of this area can age - almost a combination of aged Gevrey and St. Estephe with a wild streak of animal and forest floor. The lean and whimsical nature of aged Loire Cabernet Franc is not for everyone but it is certainly worth the educational exercise alone as a litmus test of your own palate and taste for older wine. Those of you that already know you lean toward the esoteric message in a bottle quality of this region, can jump in with abandon. A rare opportunity to get inside the often eccentric glass elevator of aged Chinon - it just may change the perception and direction of your wine cellar at a price that can make all of us question why we spend extreme sums on older wine when we simply don’t need to. ONE SHIPMENT ONLY at this price with perfect provenance 1990 Olga Raffault Chinon “Les Picasses” (Cabernet Franc) Please give us your maximum number and we will allocate accordingly Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA Loire9380

Rockss and Fruit

• By Lyle Fass
  1/12/2008, (See more on Rockss and Fruit...)

  (Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses) Is there a better deal in fine aged red wine from France on the market right now? This showed better than I remember. Last time I had this was in April and I do not remember it being this good. Profoundly funky noseof herbs, VA, nuts, red fruits and wet earth. Oh yeah this was the Raffault barnyard in full effect. The palate was wonderfully cocnentrated and almost decadent in a Chinon-herbal-slightly unripe-fecal-only in the Loire Valley kind of way. Really unique palate with layers of fruit/earth/herbs/mineral assaulting your palate like a good layer cake at your Great Aunt's shiva. Great wine as it got the metaphors going big time.

• By Lyle Fass
  4/26/2007, (See more on Rockss and Fruit...)

  (Olga Raffault Chinon "Les Picasses") I never knew shit could smell so good. Well..actually I did. Also there was exotic spice, clover, red fruits and three footbal fields of barnyard aromas. But oh so alluring. Palate was ripe and voluptious with sweet tannins and an intriguing herbal aspect. If you wanted to nitpick the acidity was a bit low but that is if you are really looking for something wrong with this wine. It was positively decadent wine and a testament to how great Chinon cna be with some age. The palate had a laciness that is similar to nice aged Burgundy. Great stuff. I gave a sip to some guy who was drinking some horrible over-oaked California Sangiovese next to me and he hated it. Actually made a face. Different strokes.