Le Limoux 2015, our blend of Chardonnay, Chenin blanc and Mauzac, was selected by “Terre de Vins” for its January 2019 issue, which featured 90 organic and sustainable wines from the Languedoc-Roussillon. The jury awarded 17 points to this “wine that is the quintessence of its fresh climate”. It was one of only two white […]
Jancis Robinson MW devoted her first French wine night to the Languedoc, “a region so vast it can be difficult to get to grips with … producing everything from the lightest sparkling wines to the darkest reds, and everything in between”. Tamlyn Currin of the jancisrobinson.com team narrowed the choice down to a “truly eclectic […]
No 2 on the list of Jancis Robinson’s ‘best sparkling wines’ for the festive season this year is the Rives-Blanques Blanquette de Limoux, in today’s weekend edition of the Financial Times (December 15). The full article can be read on her web site here. “Limoux makes some of France’s best-value sparkling wine” she wrote. This is […]
“This generous and fresh wine exudes notes of lily, apple and broom, with some herbaceous notes following on,” Voici’s food and wine critic, Lionel Bret, wrote about the Chateau Rives-Blanques 100% mauzac. “Round, flavourful and moreish, Occitania swings in the mouth,” he concluded. He paired it with an egg, haddock and spinach dish designed by the Chef […]
325 wines tasted blind, described and scored by the independent Belgian consumer guide, Wegwijs in Wijn 2019. Many wines passed the test, of which a selection of 45 wines from all over the world got the top score, five stars, including our Occitania 2016.