Olga Raffault, Chinon Rose, 2025 Polaner Champagne 2025 The Carignan Vieilles Vignes comes

The Carignan Vieilles Vignes comes from a fifty-plus-year-old block in the Amik vineyard at over 1

zesty energy

with hints of tobacco

with some lots vinified directly in barrel

Olga Raffault, Chinon Rose, 2025 Polaner Champagne 2025 The Carignan Vieilles Vignes comesA straight up banger of a ros from one of Chinon's most respected estates, an annual Flatiron favorite. Olga Raffault is best known for serious, long lived red Chinon, but their ros is their most joyful wine, and it punches well above the category. The Cabernet Franc comes from sand and gravel soils, which give it tons of accessible juiciness and a crunchy bite of minerality. It's very aromatic on the nose and beautifully fresh on the palate, with