Collection: Olivier Horiot

Les Riceys, Aube, Champagne - 9ha. under vine - Biodynamic viticulture 

The Horiot family have owned vineyards in the three hamlets that constitute Les Riceys since the 1600s. Olivier Horiot is the third generation of the family to subsist entirely from the vineyards alone, succeeding from his father in 1999. He immediately began the conversion process from conventional farming to organic and then biodynamic practices. The majority of the grapes grown on Olivier’s 9 ha. are sold to the local cooperative. Rosé de Riceys is one of only two AOCs for still wine production in Champagne (the other being Coteaux Champenois). Total production for the entire AOC cannot exceed 70,000 bottles annually, and there are currently only 17 growers producing it.