100% Cabernet Franc. Les Barnabés stands apart from Raffault's other main sites, Les Picasses and Les Peuilles, still in the Véron region but far to the west and downhill on a plain of alluvial soils near the Loire River. The sandy, gravelly site yields a lighter style of Cabernet Franc more approachable with less aging compared to the other two. Like Picasses and Peuilles, Barnabés comes from fruit which is organically farmed, harvested by hand and destemmed but not crushed. Fermentation is in tank with native yeasts--and cooler temperatures than for Peuilles or Picasses--to preserve the brightness and freshness of the fruit. The wine is aged in steel tank for the same reason.