Their story

For years the Ricome family grew melons and sent their grapes to the local co-op. In 2004 Yves Ricome built a cellar and from 2005 began bottling his own wine. His daughter Anaïs now runs the estate, after time in New Zealand with Matt Thomson that shaped her taste for pure, site-driven wines.

The vines sit on clay-limestone hills near Montagnac, a few kilometres from the Mediterranean and the Étang de Thau, where sea breezes keep Picpoul fresh and lively. Anaïs has moved the estate to biodynamic farming, certified organic since 2021. Her Bréchallune Picpoul ferments in ceramic amphorae and rests on its lees — a rounder, deeper take on the grape.