Olivier Rivière

Olivier Rivière is originally from Cognac and came to Rioja in 2004, initially as part of Telmo Rodríguez’s conversion to biodynamic viticulture. He has been working independently since 2006. The estate farms around 10 hectares of its own land, supplemented by rented parcels and purchased grapes; other sources cite around 25 hectares of vineyards under cultivation in total. In the vineyard, organic methods and biodynamic practices are used; in the cellar, grapes are hand-harvested and fermented with natural yeasts, with gentle extraction and little sulphur. The wines are oriented more towards a Burgundian interpretation of provenance than towards the classic Rioja ageing hierarchy.