2006 Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses

Community Tasting Notes (26) Avg Score: 89.2 points

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  9/22/2022 - shallowdrift Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Very fresh tasting for something with a bit of bottle age on it! Plum, leafy greens, bramble, iron, white pepper, eucalyptus, thyme.

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  7/2/2022 - Wine MOB Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Tobacco, menthol, sage, mushrooms, stewed ultr-ripe cherries stuck under the under brush. Slight VA action hanging out there. I do love these wines.

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  6/4/2022 - JohnTelford wrote: 88 Points

  From 375 bottle, Riedel cab glass, 1-2 hrs follow. Dark garnet. Nose of mushrooms and macerated strawberries, wet earth, strangely enough lemon, and old spices. Fruit very much fading on palate, lots of mushroomy flavors. Some heat. Finish medium. With fruit fading and heavy secondary/tertiary recommend drinking soon. Again from 375, but no reason to hold. Took a good 1/2 for funk to blow off.....this will not be a crowd pleaser, but for those who enjoy a Chinon....maybe slightly interesting.

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  1/22/2022 - James Kim Likes this wine: 92 Points

  From 375 ml. Stood up for several days and decanted off sediment for 3h then back in bottle. Note is 4h after decant. Aromas of brown leaves, forest floor, herbs, green peppers, some green stems and blackberries. Palate is a lovely, seamless melange of ripe blackberries, green stems, earth, green peppers and minerals. Med-full body with excellent acids and medium tannins. Finish fades a bit and ends w a bit of alcoholic heat. The flavors on the palate were just there - all at once. Lovely balance with nothing out of place until the small amount of alcohol on the finish. Lovely. Still has plenty of life and would say that it can evolve more for at least another 5 years, even in this smaller format. But it's also drinklng really well right now. 92+

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  12/23/2020 - CUTig1 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Very smooth. Nice elements of the barnyard typical of Cab Franc. Smokey tobacco nose. Nice acidity on the fruity cherry palate.

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