Olga Raffault Chinon Blanc Champ-Chenin 2014 100925OFFER bottled without fining or filtering

bottled without fining or filtering

softness of minerals that settles in a dry finish

Serve it cool but not cold and give it time in the glass

the tiny berries produce wine of extreme concentration

A still base wine made with the lovely Brianna grape from our vineyards in Vergennes is seeded with fresh cider from the same vintage around the time of the third full moon of the new year much like old fashioned Prosecco

Olga Raffault Chinon Blanc Champ-Chenin 2014 100925OFFER bottled without fining or filteringAlmost 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