Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses, Loire, France 2018 Case (6x750ml) Blackberry Wine The fruit notes are coaxed

The fruit notes are coaxed out of Yamada Nishiki rice milled to 55% and Sumikawa-san’s careful brewing preserves those nuances while coaxing out the uniquely spicy finish

It has a mid-palate of red fruit and sage notes and a finish of cocoa powder

with the wine’s velvet tannins

It's full-bodied and has a rich

Polished layers of dark fruit and wood notes with a long

Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses, Loire, France 2018 Case (6x750ml) Blackberry Wine The fruit notes are coaxedThe 2018 Les Picasses offers ripeness alongside finesse and elegance. Sourced from a 35 year old vineyard on clay limestone, it offers a gently creamy mid palate while remaining delicate in texture. Ripe strawberry fruit flavors meet wild herbs and the very merest note of pepper on the palate. Certainly now entering a drinking window, there is plenty of room in terms of both flavor development and its finely woven texture to allow this to develop over