Olga Raffault: Tasting & Drinking
Tasting through a few vintages of Les Picasses quickly reveals the quality of the wine, with several examples I have tasted over the years showing well despite not being from particularly fashionable years. Tasting the wines in maturity is what allows them to shine. In youth I occasionally find them awkward, the domaine’s philosophies tending to produce a more angular and old-school style of Chinon than some other leading vignerons favour. This does not mean, however, that they are not widely appreciated at this stage in their lives by the domaine’s fans, who are many. Speaking of my own palate, I only really see Les Picasses come to life when it has spent a good length of time in the cellar, good experiences with the 1990 vintage at 17 years of age, and the 2000 vintage at 20 years of age, being good examples of this.
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