Olga Raffault Chinon Blanc Champ-Chenin 2014 100925OFFER and Rondinella fermented and aged

and Rondinella fermented and aged in steel to keep it bright and unfussy

softness of minerals that settles in a dry finish

the tiny berries produce wine of extreme concentration

and savory in a way most rosés can only dream of

Sixteen years on

Olga Raffault Chinon Blanc Champ-Chenin 2014 100925OFFER and Rondinella fermented and agedAlmost 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