Think of it as ‘the last of the summer wine’, he says of our hand-picked chenin blanc, which was made in stainless steel tanks. “Crisp, clean and refreshing.”
This is the ‘summit”, says the author, “not only because of the image of the name, but also because of real and very consistent quality”. Patrick Dessert Gerber’s classification Premiers Grands Vins Classés also acknowledges a particular savoir faire, and an “undeniable price-quality ratio”. His precise and pertinent tasting notes on seven wines of the […]
La Trilogie 2015 came out top of the white wines tasted by Richard Hemming MW of Jancis Robinson’s tasting team. There is “lots going on here” he said, “genuinely interesting and complex” A single barrel of Chardonnay made according to the Burgundian protocol and bottled under the name Facsimile, was also included in Richard Hemming’s […]
“Lovely stuff” the judges said about the chardonnay from Chateau Rives-Blanques, Odyssée 2016, which was awarded 95 points and a gold medal by the Decanter World Wine Awards 2018.
“I can testify to the fact that the Southern French wines stood up very well to their global counterparts” said Tamlyn Currin, Jancis Robinson’s taster for an epic excursion into hundreds still and sparkling rose wines from Languedoc and Roussillon, all tasted blind. “There is a lot of potential for good sparkling wines from cooler, […]