Decanter magazine, the British internationally-circulated wine magazine, published its 100 Best Sparkling and Red wines of the Year list. The Blanquette de Limoux made by Chateau Rives-Blanques featured in the No 6 slot of the sparkling wines, and was also Decanter’s Value Sparkling Wine of the Year. It was given an aggregate score of 93 […]
40,000 vins dégustés, 10,000 vins sélectionnés ; Le Guide Hachette 2021 a été publié malgré les circonstances difficiles. Deux étoiles ont été attribuées à notre « cuvée vibrante » le Chenin blanc, Dédicace 2018; et une étoile à « un vin qui séduit », l’Odyssée (Chardonnay) du même millésime. » Un des très bonnes addresses de l’appellation, qui prend […]
Rives-Blanques received some high praise from the British Languedoc wine expert, Rosemary George MW this month. « As good as the best Bonnezeau or Coteaux du Layon », she said of our Late Harvest Chenin blanc Lagremas d’Aur. « Try detecting the difference in a blind tasting, she challenged. The Chenin blanc, Dédicace, »long one of my favourite white wines […]
André Domine, Wein Wirtschaft’s Languedoc expert, does a whirlwind tour of Limoux vineyards, passing by a number of important big estates, small family vineyards and the new up-and-coming young growers of the appellation, and finds that « the Limoux region presents surprising freshness and elegance in both sparkling and still wines – and all at great […]