Akoibon

It was in 2005 that Laurence Manya-Krief – known as Yoyo – abandoned the
fashion world to settle in Roussillon and acquire 2 hectares of
vines on the schist terroir of Banyuls/Collioure, notably
Grenache and century-old Carignan vines, then an additional 3 hectares in
2009. Another 3 hectares were acquired in 2010, this time in the Arènes area.
granitic rocks from the foothills of the Albères mountains, and finally 2 hectares in Banyuls (Paulilles)
in 2021. Meanwhile, Laurie Manya, Yoyo's niece, joined the
area. Organic farming, green manures, herbal medicine, manual labor
Soils, low yields, everything is done to obtain the grapes...
healthier and thus allow for natural winemaking that expresses the
both the fruit and the terroir: from Banyuls or the Albères, the wines offer themselves with
a frank and assertive character, an increasingly balanced material and
elegant, devoid of any heaviness.