Rhône Valley
Les 4 Faïsses - 2021 and 2022 - Florence et Olivier Leriche
Domaine des Accoles
A complex, expressive, beautifully intense wine with a nose of pear, beeswax, salted butter, and subtle mineral notes. The palate is round and mouthwatering yet chiselled, with a pure, white fruit finish. Decanting shortly before serving will reveal this wine’s full range of aromas.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Ardèche IGP
- Degree of alcohol
- 13.5 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2027
- rock’n’roll
A blend of 60% from the 2022 vintage and 40% from the 2021 vintage for this cuvée, still 100% Chardonnay, from Demeter-certified vines farmed biodynamically and planted on very chalky Miocene soil which is excellent at retaining water. Hand-picked grapes, a part of the harvest is directly pressed and 15% goes through a quick maceration, settling by gravity, then one year of maturation – half in vats and half in barrels that have seen several wines. Bottled without fining or filtration, micro-dose of sulphur.
Florence et Olivier Leriche
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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