“Gastronomy walks on two legs, a solid balance between food and wine” says the respected French wine writer Pierre Casamayor in his introduction to the Guide Hubert’s selection of the best restaurants and the best wines. Nadine Adenis, responsible for the southern half of the French selection, adds that although the years between 2014 […]
Limoux is becoming better and better known for the quality of its wines, and the conditions and ‘terroir’ at Chateau Rives-Blanques are particularly ideal for adding an interesting dimension to the chardonnay, Chenin blanc and mauzac grapes, says Jan Panman in an interview for a special supplement on Languedoc wines that was circulated in Belgium […]
Jeb Dunnuck, Wine Advocate’s Languedoc expert, tasted over 600 wines for this comprehensive report on the wines of Languedoc and Roussillon. He identified Rives-Blanques, “a first-rate estate”, as one of the primary producers of Limoux.
The Vinpressionist Hubrecht Duijker, a critic of considerable international standing and doyen of Dutch wine writers, included our “extremely attractive” everyday-drinking wine in his Discoveries of the Month this month. The chardonnay-chenin blanc Pays d’Oc, with its “notes of yellow and white fruit and a nutty touch” balances “seductively friendly acidity with succulence”, he says