2020  Chinon Blanc

100% Chenin Blanc. Raffault planted Chenin under ten years ago on the special clay-limestone terroir of the Les Picasses hills and bottled it as "Chenin de Picasses" for this first time in the 2020 vintage (note: in France the wine bears a different label and name, "L'Or d'Olga"). The farming is organic and the harvest is manual. The whole clusters are gently pressed and the must settled overnight. Fermentation takes place spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in 500-liter, second-and-third-use demi-muids and finishes dry; the wine does not go through malolactic fermentation and is aged on its fine lees for a year in the same barrels. It clarifies naturally during aging and is bottled without filtration.

2013  

100% Gamay, no carbonic maceration, approximately 1000 cases produced.

2019  Jean-Paul Thevenet

2019  Jean-Paul Thevenet

2019  

"Drinking Window: 2028 - 2040 Le Château is a small plot of land enclosed in the Chêne Marchand terroir, and is situated on the top of the hill, planted on Kimmeridgian limestone. The first vintage of this wine was 2014. The bouquet on this 2019 vintage is tightly introverted, but its incredible tension and depth point to a magnificent wine. Mineral-driven aromas with spices, both white and spring flowers, orange blossom and lemon oil aromas. Long and penetrating, this wine has a deep and concentrated core, striking levels of chalky dry extract and a long, penetrating finish. Still an infant, it will be one of my favourites after 10-20 years in the cellar." - 97pts Decanter

2019  From Consultant Winemaker Guillaume Rouget

*From Consultant Winemaker Guillaume Rouget* 15,040 bottles of single-varietal Gamay from Régnié produced in 2019 from 40yr old vines ---- The Régnié plots with granite soil, combined with the smoothness of the 2019 vintage, reveal a fruity wine with spicy and floral notes. The flavours are chocolate, black fruit, Morello cherry, with a hint of kirch. This 2019 Régnié is a welcoming and sharing wine, a wine of character and ready to drink.

2022  Moulin-a-Vent Vieilles Vignes de 1903

Moulin-a-Vent Vieilles Vignes de 1903 ---- This micro-cuvée comes from 120 year old gamay vines planted at 300 meters elevation in soils rich in granit, quartz and manganese. The yield is a mere 20hl/ha. Whole cluster, semi-carbonic maceration for 20 days. 12 months aging in 80yr old Foudre (3,000L) from CDP, first 20yrs was used to age German beer. The wine is neither fined or filtered. Approx 3,000b produced (2022 = 93 pts Wine Enthusiast)