Doyen of Dutch wine writers, the famous Vinpressionist Hubrecht Duijker, this month included two wines from Rives-Blanques in his Top 50. They are the 100% Mauzac with its “wide-awake freshness”, and the “characterful composition” of the 3 Limoux varieties, called Le Limoux. “There is lots to discover here” he said. “It’s simply delicious”
A special supplement on the talented members of the great Languedoc wine family appeared this month in a number of leading Belgian newspapers: DH, De Morgen and La Libre Belgique. Readers were also invited to join a nationwide tasting of the selected wines at Vino’s headquarters in Brussels. Our 100% Mauzac, Occitania, selected as one of […]
June 27, 2016: The reality behind the dream: today’s Jefford on Monday interviews a number of winegrowers, including Rives-Blanques, about the truth behind running a vineyard …
Tamlyn Currin, talented member of Jancis Robinson’s dream team, published the results of her tasting of the “blazing diversity” of wines made by those “disparate immigrants”, the Outsiders: winemakers who came to the region from elsewhere on jancisrobinson.com. “Mouth-filling and thrilling” she wrote of our chardonnay, Odyssée 2002, a fourteen-year old white wine from the […]