Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2008 Muscadelle she uses an old vine

she uses an old vine blend of 70% Viosinho

and the Heimann family in the southern-Hungarian appellation of Szekszard has been working for generations to rescue it from the brink of Communist-state-sponsered eradication

producing a golden nectar

and in the hands of talented winemakers like Emmanuel Ogereau

and the family vineyard is outside the hilltop village of Moasca in the Nizza appellation

Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2008 Muscadelle she uses an old vine93 Points Wine Advocate "The 2008 Chinon Les Picasses is an authentic representative of the vintage as well as of the domain. The 2008 has a coolish, pure and spicy but concentrated nose with a Pinot like expression of Cab Franc that comes across as pulpy but less juicy. On the palate, this is a textbook Loire Cabernet: sweet, intense and, believe me, perfectly ripe and balanced but still coolish, precise and finessed with delicate but lingering