Olga Raffault Chinon Blanc Champ-Chenin 2014 100925OFFER and savory in a way

and savory in a way most rosés can only dream of

a lively surprise from a place you'd never expect it

Sixteen years on

bottled without fining or filtering

It's begging to be drunk up

Olga Raffault Chinon Blanc Champ-Chenin 2014 100925OFFER and savory in a wayAlmost nobody makes white Chinon. The appellation is famous for Cabernet Franc, and the sliver of Chenin Blanc planted there gets grown mostly out of stubbornness and tradition. Olga Raffault is one of Chinon's most quietly legendary names, a domaine run by Sylvie Raffault with her husband Eric and son Arnaud, farming organically and fermenting with indigenous yeast. Champ Chenin comes off the tuffeau, the soft chalky limestone that runs under the