Olga Raffault, Chinon Rose, France 2021

In the beautiful country of Véron, cradled between the Loire and the Vienne, the Olga Raffault estate has been transmitting its know-how in the production of its Chinon wines for five generations! Olga Raffault has devoted her whole life to these landscapes that she loved so much and has always been able to share her love of wine! But how could Olga, so passionate, guarantee the legacy of these reflexes in the service of quality without the physical strength of men? Her husband, Pierre Raffault, never counted his efforts to grow the house until 1947, the year of his sudden death, when the vine for which he had taken so much care, had given him hope for the finest vintage of the century! Olga, then a mother of two young children, conscious of her duty, managed to complete this exceptional vintage with the help of Ernest ZEINNINGER, a German prisoner in the service of the estate at the end of the war.

This courageous and generous German had not understood this war and very early on found meaning in it through the deep friendship he forged with his “Protectors”, the RAFFAULT family, with whom he discovered a new vocation: To devote his life to the vine and the wine, and to support Olga and her two children, a promise he had made at the last moments of Pierre Raffault…

Olga Raffault Chinon Rosé wine is made from bleeding carried out 8 to 15 hours after maceration of the cuvée from gravelly sand soils.