2011 Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses

From a warm, generous vintage, the dark cherry-colored 2011 Chinon Les Picasses offers an elegant bouquet of red and dark fruits intertwined with earthy, herbal and green asparagus aromas. On the palate, this is an elegant, lighter but well-concentrated Les Picasses. The finish reveals ripe and sweet red cherry fruit, whereas the tannins are fine but a bit more astringent than in the younger vintages. The wine was picked early, on September 20th.