Rhône Valley
Gryphe - 2017 - Florence et Olivier Leriche
Domaine des Accoles
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.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Vin de France
- Degree of alcohol
- 13 %
- To drink from
- 2022 to 2025
- rock’n’roll
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100% Carignan, from 55- and 65-year-old vines, cultivated biodynamically and planted over two plots with Cretaceous-period limestone soils that are peppered with fossilised Gryphaea – an extinct genus of oyster which lends its name to this cuvée. Vinification: 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 et Olivier Leriche
Florence and Olivier Leriche, partners in life and in the vineyard, are the winemakers behind Domaine des Accoles, a 20-hectare 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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