Ronald de Groot, the editor-owner of a leading Dutch wine magazine, Perswijn, engages in a long and wide-ranging interview with Jan and Caryl Panman, founders of Rives-Blanques, covering the reasons why Limoux’s special terroir lends itself so well to white wines, the difficulties facing organic viticulture, and the virtues of the Mauzac grape. “It takes a […]
A completely comprehensive review and rating of “the best wines in one of the world’s finest sources of well-priced, hand-made wines” was published by Jancis Robinson. The four-part series covering the most notable of the fizz, white, rosé and red wines from Languedoc-Roussillon concluded today with Tamlyn Currin’s review of the region’s sweet wines. She ended her epic […]
The Wine Advocate, one of the wine world’s leading magazines, published in the USA, came out with its Languedoc-Roussillon tasting notes this month. The region “is becoming a hotbed for quality wines,” their regional expert, Joe Czerwinsky, said. Of our Limoux 100% chenin blanc, Dédicace 2018, he wrote: Slightly honeyed on the nose, barrel-fermented, boasts scents […]
Part 1 of the epic 4-part series of Jancis Robinson Languedoc-Roussillon tasting notes, produced by Tamlyn Currin, was published today, covering the region’s fizz and white wines. Château Rives-Blanques earned some wonderful tasting notes for its current releases. written in the distinctive and poetic style characteristic of the author. The series ended with reviews of the region’s sweet […]
The Rives-Blanques chardonnay, Odyssée, and the chenin blanc, Dédicace both were included in the white appellation wines selected by Perswijn, the leading Dutch wine magazine. “Pure” was the adjective they ascribed to both wines. “The Languedoc has a special place in our hearts, ” they wrote, “perhaps because we are there so often. Or perhaps because […]