This was the earliest start date we have ever experienced for picking the grapes of our Blanquette de Limoux. However, the umpire called the ball out because, and we stopped again before barely 2 ha had been brought in – the grapes needed a bit more ripening time in the sun. The harvest got into its […]
The March issue of his Magazine, the doyen of Dutch wine-writers, Hubrecht Duijker, also known as the Vinpressionist, features the Rives-Blanques Odyssée in his selection of the month. Odyssée 2020, our Limoux Chardonnay, “has the allure of a Burgundy […] in everything but its price”, he wrote. “Its juicy notes of nuts, toast, and sweet wood, lead to […]
Harold Hamersma, an inluential Dutch wine-writer, tasted a number of wines from the Rives-Blanques range or his guide, “de Grote Hamersma”. Leading the way was our “star wine”, the sparkling Blanquette de Limoux, “a classy wine, more so than many Champagnes” he said. Hot on its heels came the non-sparkling Mauzac, Occitania, also with 9- points, […]