Rhône Valley
A sublime wine that reveals its full range of aromas after 2 hours of decanting, opening with wild, animal notes such as leather, cigar box and garrigue, followed by fruit notes like plum, blueberry and black cherry. The palate is rich and aromatic, powerful yet silky, with fine length.
Carignan from old vines of more than 60 years, cultivated biodynamically and planted over two plots with Cretaceous-period clay-limestone soils that are peppered with fossilised Gryphaea – an extinct genus of oyster which lends its name to this cuvée. The grapes are de-stemmed, followed by gentle pressing, and one year of maturation, with 2/3 in barrels that have seen several wines and 1/3 in vats, after which the wine is finished by three additional months in vats. Bottled without fining or filtration, and just a microdose of sulphur.
Florence and Olivier Leriche, partners in life and in the vineyard, are the winemakers behind Domaine des Accoles, an 18-ha biodynamic estate in Saint-Marcel d'Ardèche. Accoles (which means terraces in the ancient Occitan language) was founded in 2011, but the talented duo had already made a name for themselves in the wine world much earlier. After studies in agricultural engineering in...
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Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Organic or biodynamic wine
Minimal sulphites
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