Chinon Blanc 2025 | Domaine Jean-Maurice Raffault

Name: Chinon Blanc 2025 | Domaine Jean-Maurice Raffault
Brand: Domaine Jean-Maurice Raffault
SKU: 942
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Chenin Blanc represents barely 2% of the Chinon AOC, a rarity that the Raffault family has cultivated since 1693, fifteen generations rooted in the clay-limestone tuffeau soils of Ligré, with certified organic farming since 2019.

Hand-harvested, native yeasts and stainless-steel ageing with no oak in the 2025 vintage, with harvest starting August 25th, yields around 40 hl/ha and cool nights.

Wine Identification
This profile concerns the Chinon Blanc 2025 from Domaine Jean-Maurice Raffault, a producer located in the Loire Valley of France. The wine is a white vintage from the 2025 growing season, falling under the Chinon appellation.

Origin and Winemaking
Domaine Jean-Maurice Raffault cultivates vines in Ligré, situated on clay-limestone tuffeau soils. The estate has been managed by the same family since 1693, representing fifteen generations of winemaking heritage. Since 2019, the domaine has been certified organic. The grapes used are exclusively Chenin Blanc, which constitutes a rare 2% of the total AOC Chinon production.

The 2025 vintage saw manual harvesting begin on August 25. The vines yielded 40 hectoliters per hectare, with cooler nights characterizing the harvest period. Vinification involved native yeasts, and the wine underwent aging in stainless steel tanks without any wooden barrel contact or maturation.

Tasting Profile
As a white Chinon made from Chenin Blanc, this wine reflects the specific terroir of Ligré’s tuffeau soils. The use of native yeasts and stainless steel ageing suggests a profile focused on primary fruit expression and minerality, preserving the fresh acidity helped by the cool nights at harvest. The absence of oak aging ensures that the natural character of the Chenin grape remains unadulterated by wood flavors.

Overall Character
The 2025 Chinon Blanc from Domaine Jean-Maurice Raffault represents a rare expression of the appellation, highlighting the estate’s long history and commitment to ecological farming. It is a straightforward, terroir-driven white wine that emphasizes freshness and minerality through minimal intervention winemaking.

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Learn more about Domaine Jean-Maurice Raffault

The first parcel of vines was bought by Mathurin Bottreau in 1693. Fourteen generations have followed since. The house is in Savigny-en-Véron, within Chinon.

Today there are fifty hectares spread across seven communes, and that is where their approach shows: instead of blending everything into one wine, they separate each cuvée by parcel and by soil type.

The cabernet franc averages thirty-five years, with ten hectares reaching fifty. In white they work chenin, and they make rosé as well.

The wines are aged in barrel inside three troglodyte cellars: galleries dug into the tuffeau, the soft Loire limestone that was quarried for centuries to build the châteaux of the area and left the hillsides riddled with caves.

Rodolphe Raffault finished his oenology studies in Dijon in 1997 and took over from his father, Jean-Maurice, in 2009. The conversion to organic began with him.

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