Olga Raffault Chinon Les Barnabes 2021 (750ml)

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Producer	Olga Raffault
Country	France
Region	Loire
Subregion	Chinon
Varietal	Cabernet Franc
Vintage	2021
Sku	54020
Size	750ml

 

The Olga Raffault Chinon Les Barnabes has a deep color and a beautiful concentration in the mouth to offer good aging potential. Perfect for poultry, white meats and cold meats or simply as an aperitif.

100% Cabernet Franc. Les Barnabés stands apart from Raffault's other main sites, Les Picasses and Les Peuilles, still in the Véron region but far to the west and downhill on a plain of alluvial soils near the Loire River. The sandy, gravelly site yields a lighter style of Cabernet Franc more approachable with less aging compared to the other two. Like Picasses and Peuilles, Barnabés comes from fruit which is organically farmed, harvested by hand, destemmed but not crushed, and fermented in tank with native yeasts. The fermentation is at cooler temperatures and the aging in tank only, all to preserve the freshness and brightness of the fruit. It is the earliest release of the three reds.