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 Bordeaux and oenology in Dijon, Olivier found an internship at Domaine de l'Arlot in Burgundy, "almost by chance". That was September 1998... 13 years later, he had converted the estate to biodynamics and become its manager! Yet a longing to return to their roots, and the purchase of several exceptional parcels of old vines in Ardèche, led them to embark on this new adventure. Today, they classify all their wines as Vin de France, preferring the freedom to vinify terroir-driven cuvées, using long maturation periods and low doses of sulphur – sage practices that have yielded more than convincing results in the bottle!