Chinon Blanc "Chenin des Picasses"
France
Loire
2021
100% Chenin Blanc. Raffault planted Chenin under ten years ago on the special clay-limestone terroir of the Les Picasses hills and bottled it as "Chenin de Picasses" for this first time in the 2020 vintage (note: in France the wine bears a different label and name, "L'Or d'Olga"). The farming is certified-organic and the harvest is manual. The whole clusters are gently pressed and the must settled overnight. Fermentation to dryness takes place spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in 500-liter, second-and-third-use demi-muids; the wine does not go through malolactic fermentation and is aged on its fine lees for a year in the same barrels. It clarifies naturally during aging and is bottled without filtration.
SKU/Code:
DB3947-21
Product Line:
Wine
White
Varietal:
Chenin Blanc
Farming Type:
Organic