Dom Richou

Founded in 1920, Domaine Richou is a modest place off a country road deep in the Anjou Noir, known primarily for its slate soils, or schists that formed from very old volcanic activity. The Anjou is a large region in the Loire Valley with various soil compositions. To the east there is the famous limestone chalk soils called Tuffeau, volcanic schist soils in its center, and granite-based soils to the west near Muscadet. Domaine Richou is located in the center of Anjou in the small sub AOC of Coteaux de L’Aubance. It’s these soils along with excellent farming and winery work that make the Richou wines so pure, mineral-driven and complex.