Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2008 Muscadelle The Willamette Valley has a

The Willamette Valley has a secret

The wine shows yellow apples and lemons

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

In this sampler you might find wines from Italy

Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 2008 Muscadelle The Willamette Valley has a93 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