LE LIMOUX 2015 (AOP Limoux blend) WINE ENTHUSIAST November 2016 by Lauren Buzzeo 89 pts A blend of 60% Chardonnay, 30% Chenin Blanc and 10% Mauzac, this is a bright and lively white, with attractive aromas of white flower, clover, pear flesh and lightly grilled peach. The medium-weight palate is remarkably balanced, with ample acidity […]
Our Limoux chenin blanc, Dédicace features as No. 4 of Jancis Robinson MW’s list of 26 “stunning white wines for the festive season” in the Financial Times today, based on price-quality. There is “admirable tension in this bone-dry, versatile wine” the universally respected wine writer wrote. “It should age far better than I’d expect for a […]
Wednesday August 1 Suffering from dépaysement. We know we’re in Ireland, but this Ireland glitters, gleams, glows … is gorgeous in most un-Emerald Isle way. It is not emerald: it is blue – and brown in patches. Lots of brown patches. Poor farmers, we think. They haven’t had enough rain. We’ve had too much. […]
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 […]
