Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses, Loire, France 2018 Case (6x750ml) Blackberry Wine with its typical dry Alto

with its typical dry Alto Adige charm and personality

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

this vinous version shows a well-spiced range of wild strawberry

Polished layers of dark fruit and wood notes with a long

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

Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses, Loire, France 2018 Case (6x750ml) Blackberry Wine with its typical dry AltoThe 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