A lavish book exploring the regions and the wines of 700 winemakers of the Languedoc Roussillon, written by Prix Gourmand writer Paul Strang, “confirms the coming-of-age of Languedoc-Roussillon as France’s new fine wine region” says the celebrated critic, Hugh Johnson OBE. “It’s already led me to brilliant wines I’ve never met before” he added. Limoux’s […]
“Small but perfectly formed”, Rives-Blanques is one of the producers of the world’s oldest sparkling wine, Blanquette de Limoux, and also the supplier of a non-sparkling wine, made from the same grape variety, mauzac, to the World Business Class of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, says WineLife in its special Christmas edition. A full page was […]
“Aromas of white fruit with a floral touch combine with vivacity and fine bubbles to lend unctuosity to this wine, ideal as an aperitif, or with shellfish, or a goat’s cheese”, writes Georges Gracia, one of Carcassonne’s best-know sommeliers
Odyssée 2016, de 100% chardonnay AOP Limoux van Rives-Blanques krijgt een eervolle vermelding in de kategorie 10 – 15 euro in de onlangs verschijnen koopgids van Perswijn. “Ingetogen geur met geel fruit en wat citrus, rond, vol, sappig, goed zuur, fris fuit, iets snoep, limoen.”
A triple coup de coeur and a big bravo for the three Rives-Blanques Chenin blanc wines in the November-December edition of the French wine magazine Terre de Vins. Aude à la Joie “dares to combine a floral bouquet with fresh citrus on the palate” they said, while the oak-vinified Dédicace “surprises with the salinity of […]