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DEDICACE 2021
LANGUEDOC COUPS DE COEUR – JANCISROBINSON.COM tasted by Tamlyn Currin 17 POINTS Drink to 2029
The tribute on this, the last bottle of Jan and Caryl Panman’s vintage at Rives-Blanques and one which is different each year is, ‘For you, whom we met on the way’.
Pixel purity. A wine of hexagonal lines and angles, almost painfully precise, exacting, and yet I can taste the thrumming purpose of this wine is to be rich. A wine almost at odds, striking arrows at its curves, meeting its own austere purity with the honey-apple promise of quince. It’s grapefruit peel curled on the almost-cold grey-to-white embers of a campfire. It’s quinine and salt cutting crenellations into the cold sweetness of a white pear. Long and very young. Leave it alone for at least a year. VGV (TC)
JAMES SUCKLING LANGUEDOC REPORT Score: 91 Points 6 Sep, 2022 –
A little steely on the nose with elderflowers, thyme, malt and some crushed stones and lemons. Medium body with a bright and nicely sharp acidity. Fleshy and textured palate sealed with a zesty, mouth-watering finish. 100% chenin blanc. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold
LE GUIDE HACHETTE DES VINS 2023 ★
Un beau chenin très clair de robe, très aromatique, floral et finalement vanillé. Le palais séduit par son volume, sa fraîcheur et sa finesse, soutenu avec élégance par un boisé subtil qui laisse s’exprimer un fruit bien présent.
A lovely clear wine, very aromatic, floral ending on a touch of vanilla. The palate seduces by its volume, its freshness and its finesse, held together by the elegance of a light hand on the wood, allowing the fruit to express itself..
JANCIS ROBINSON MW JancisRobinson.com. Tasted September 2021. 17 pts.
Pure, clean, fresh Chenin nose. Crystalline purity. Just a beautiful varietal showcase. Much purer than many Loire Chenins. Delightful. Green apples. This could be a great teaching aid.
GUIDE DUSSERT-GERBER 2023
Remarquable Limoux blanc Dedicace 2020, 100% Chenin blanc, qui mêle ampleur et fraTcheur, de robe delicate, un vin dense, riche au nez comme en bouche, aux notes de pèche avec en finale une pointe de pamplemousse et un boisé bien fondu
(AOP Limoux chenin blanc)
GUIDE HACHETTE DES VINS 2022 ★★
Habitué aux honneurs, le domaine entretient une belle complicité avec le chenin. Du nez, on retient son éclat, ses notes de fruits verts et de fleurs et sa touche minérale. Une fraîcheur qui explose dans une bouche ciselée, où le bois s’efface devant la vitalité d’un fruit tonique et citronné. Mineral n’est pas un vain mot pour rendre compte de ce grand blanc du Sud à l’équilibre nordique. On est pas loin du coup de coeur.
Accustomed to accolades, this domaine has entered into a lovely complicity with Chenin blanc. Brightness on the nose and notes of green fruits and flowers with a mineral touch prevail throughout. Freshness explodes in a chiselled mouth, causing the influence of wood to fade away in the face of such tonic vitality and lemony fruit. “Mineral” is not an empty word to describe this great white wine from the South with a Nordic balance.
TOP 100 SUD DE FRANCE WINES IN THE UK Gold Medalist May 2021 Jury’s verdict:
Tasted in the morning: Elegant, dry honey, crisp green apple, chalky and compelling.
Tasted in the afternoon: Touch of smoke on the nose. Lemon and tangelo curd, gorgeous salinity and citrus pith. Long and vibrant.
JANCISROBINSON.COM Languedoc Roussillon Tasting by Tamlyn Currin, July 2020 (17++ points)
100% Chenin Blanc grown at 350–380 m on Eocene molasse with marl, sandstone, schist and pebbles. In conversion to organic. Vines 20–50 years old, yields 45 hl/ha. From three parcels, vinified separately. Hand-sorted, only the best free-run juice used. Fermented and aged in seasoned oak barrels. Coarse filter. RS 1.4 g/l, pH 3.19, TA 4.75 g/l. Bottled 6 June 2020. 4,600 bottles.
Tasting this blind in a line-up of about 10 Languedoc whites, I wrote, ‘Fab! I can smell and taste the oak, but this is a very young wine with a long life ahead of it and is bursting with potential. The structure of the acidity, as complex and as beautiful and as fascinating as a snowflake, gave me goosebumps.’ Spicy oak and the heady spicy floral scent of viburnum flowers on the nose. Dried pears on the palate, crushed cardamom, a tingle of white pepper. You could easily drink this now but it would be a great shame. This wine has so much structure and depth. Grit your teeth and pop it in the cellar for another year at least. It deserves it and you will be glad you did it. VGV (TC) Drink 2021
ROSEMARY GEORGE MW author of The Wines of Languedoc (tasted October 2020)
This has long been one of my favourite white wines from the Languedoc, even though Chenin Blanc is not a typical variety in the region. However, introduced to Limoux, to add flavour to Blanquette, it now makes some lovely still wine. Light golden in colour, with some hints of dry honey on the nose, and more honey on the palate, with good acidity. Elegantly mouth filling. The flavours are still quite restrained, so there is plenty of ageing potential.
PERSWIJN by Ronald de Groot August 2020 (15.5 pts)
Peer, citrus, rijpe appel, honing; zacht en sappig, mooie zuren, diepgang, fijn
Pear, citrus, ripe apple, honey; soft and juicy, nice acidity, great depth, fine.
(AOP Limoux chenin blanc)
GUIDE HACHETTE DES VINS 2021 ☆☆
Une des très bonnes adresses de l’appellation qui prend soin de ses raisins, ici triés deux fois a la main. Trois parcelles de chenin vinifiées séparément, dont on ne garde que les premiers jus avant assemblage, et un court élevage en fût: un travail de haute precision qui a donné naissance à une cuvée vibrante, au nez très citronné et finement beurre. En bouche, on garde le cap d’un vin tranchant, serré et lumineux, dans lequel l’élevage se contente d’arrondir sans trahir. Une vraie mineralité anime la finale de ce grand blanc d’amateur, qui vieillira avec grace.
One of the very good addresses of the appellation which takes good care of its grapes, twice sorted by hand in this case. Three parcels of Chenin are vinified separately in oak barrels, of which only the first juice is used, followed by a short ageing period in barrels: high-precision work that results in a vibrant cuvée, with a very lemony and fine buttery nose. The palate stays on the course of a tightly chiseled and luminous wine, which is rounded out by discreet barrel- ageing. A genuine minerality animates the finish of this great white wine for winelovers, which will age gracefully.
ROBERT PARKER THE WINE ADVOCATE Languedoc Tasting by Joe Czerwinsky, July 2020 (90 points)
Slightly honeyed on the nose, barrel-fermented, boasts scents of pear, melon and citrus. It’s fairly full-bodied and ripe, with mouth-filling lushness of texture, and a long finish redolent of ground spices, like cinnamon, allspice and clove. It’s drinking beautifully now, but I wouldn’t rule out a few more years of ageability, perhaps even more.
Nez légèrement miellé, arômes de poire, de melon et d’agrumes. Il est assez ample et mûr, avec une texture riche en bouche et une longueur finale évoquant les épices moulues (la cannelle, le piment de la Jamaïque et le clou de girofle). N’hésitez pas a boire ce vin de garde maintenant !
REVUE DE VIN DE FRANCE “Meilleurs 1800 vins de l’année”, juin 2019
Un chenin en rondeur, dans un registre de céréales et de fruits jaunes.
A full Chenin, with notes of cereal and yellow fruit (one of the best 1800 wines of the vintage)
By ROSEMARY GEORGE MW, Taste Languedoc, May 2019
There is no new oak, but a touch of oak inevitably lingered on the nose and palate, but underneath, there was dry honey and some satisfying texture in the mouth. I know from experience that this wine will age beautifully.
JANCIS ROBINSON MW 16.5 pts
Firm, concentrated nose that is pure high-extract chenin that is more Loire than Cape. There is real richness and tension here. with that toasty undertow that marks out a great dry chenin. Already very appealing Very high alcohol for a chenin. A really exciting, impressive wine. Good Value
« Un chenin pur à haute teneur, plus de la Loire que du Cap <….> avec une vraie richesse et tension <…> Un vin vraiment excitant et impressionnant »
By ROSEMARY GEORGE MW, Taste Languedoc, May 2019
There is no new oak, but a touch of oak inevitably lingered on the nose and palate, but underneath, there was dry honey and some satisfying texture in the mouth. I know from experience that this wine will age beautifully.
THE FINANCIAL TIMES “26 stunning white wines for the festive season” by J. Robinson
There’s admirable tension in this bone-dry, versatile wine with a really attractive toastiness to it. To judge from a 2008 I tasted recently, it should age far better than I’d expect for a wine at this price. It may seem potent, but Chenin’s natural high acidity maintains the wine’s refreshment value.
Il y a une tension admirable dans ce vin sec et polyvalent avec un côté grillé vraiment attrayant. À en juger par un 2008 que j’ai dégusté récemment, il devrait vieillir bien mieux que ce à quoi je m’attends pour un vin à ce prix. Cela peut sembler un peu fort, mais l’acidité naturellement élevée du Chenin maintient le côté rafraîchissant du vin.
PERSWIJN NL “Languedoc Appellation Wines” (May 2020)****
witte bloemen, noten, abrikozen; vol, zuiver, honing, rijp, helder
white flowers, nuts, apricots; full, pure, honey, ripe, clear
fleurs blanches, noix, abricots; rond, pur, miel, mûr, cristallin
WEINWIRTSCHAFT ProWein Special “Top 100 French Wines”
Duftkomposition aus Stachelbeere, Birne und Kompott ; vouminös im mund mit viel Schmelz und Noten von reifen und getrokneten gelben Früchten.
This is a fragrant composition of gooseberry, pear and compote, with voluminous melt-in-the mouth body, and notes of ripe and dried yellow fruit.
Il s’agit d’une composition parfumée de groseille à maquereau, de poire et de compote, avec un corps volumineux qui fond en bouche ainsi que des notes de fruits jaunes mûrs et secs.
THE BUYER, (Occitanie Trade Tasting roundup) Top 10 Wines by David Kermode, January 2020
Delicious layers of fresh green and yellow apple, tension, richness of texture and a subtle nuttiness in the finish.
De délicieuses couches de pomme verte et jaune fraîches, de la tension, de la richesse au niveau de sa texture et un subtil arôme de noisette en finale.
(AOP Limoux chenin blanc)
LE GUIDE DESSERT GERBER VINS 2020
S’entremêlent des notes de fruits frais, un vin très bien équilibré et ample.
There are notes of fresh fruit, a very well balanced and ample wine.
JANCISROBINSON.COM BY TAMLYN CURRIN March 22, 2019
The 2017 has already started opening up and broadening out from its very clam-shell-shut start when it was released last year. The acidity still holds the structure of the wine in tight lines with diamond-tipped precision, but the nose is unfurling clouds of mimosa blossom and a hint of honeyed spice that will come, and there is a beautiful weight and depth building on the palate. It has such brightness in the mouth, layering clementines and cardamom, white pepper and vanilla, and the fine, grainy texture and sweetness of ripe pear. It’s long, with a saltiness building on the finish.
WEINPLUS 86 Pts
Etwas nussiger, buttriger und hell-holziger Duft nach reifem Kernobst mit Zitrusnuancen, deutlich pflanzlichen Tönen und hellen erdig-mineralischen Anklängen. Klare, geradlinige, herbe Frucht mit Schmelz, einem Hauch Butter und wieder hell-nussigen Holzanklängen, pflanzlich und leicht hefig am Gaumen, gewisse Nachhaltigkeit, sehr feine Säure und moderater Gerbstoff, etwas Alkoholwärme, guter, herb-saftiger Abgang.
Slightly nutty, buttery and light oak, ripe pomaceous fruit with citrus notes, prominent vegetal notes and light earthy and mineral notes. Clear, straightforward, tart fruit on the palate, creamy, touch of butter, some more light nutty notes, vegetal notes, light yeasty notes on the palate, fairly persistent, very elegant acidity, moderate tannic touch, slightly alcoholic, tart, juicy finish.
JANCIS ROBINSON October 2018 – 16 pts (www.jancisrobinson,com)
Low-key nose with marked acidity and Chenin crispness and tension. This could serve as a textbook example of Chenin. Very clean and chiselled.
PERSWIJN BY PETRI HOUWELING July 2018
Gemaakt van 100% chenin blanc is de Dédicace. Volle, complexe witte wijn met aroma’s van tropisch fruit en een mooi zacht zuurtje. Krachtig genoeg om aan tafel te combineren met licht wit vlees.
(AOP Limoux chenin blanc)
GUIDE DES MEILLEURS VINS DE FRANCE 2019 14,5 pts
Dédicace se montre plus abouti, cristallin et rafraîchissant, avec des notes de coing et de poire.
DECANTER MAGAZINE Ranked as No 1 of “My top 30 Languedoc Whites” BY ROSEMARY GEORGE MW August 2018
Light in colour, dry honey on nose and palate with fine varietal character. Well rounded with fresh acidity on the finish.
Robe claire, du miel sec sur le nez et le palais avec un caractère variétal fin. Bien arrondi avec une belle fraîcheur en finale.
LE GUIDE DES MEILLEURS VINS DE FRANCE 2018. 14.50/20
GUIDE DUSSERT-GERBER DES VINS 2018
Très joli avec ses nuances subtiles d’acacia qui viennent s’allier à celles des fruits frais. De bouche généreuse.
JANCIS ROBINSON MW August 2017 – 16.5 pts
More savoury and salty than the Aude à la Joie and with much more precision, ambition and acidity. Admirably long and clearly will bloom in a lime blossom sort of way next year, or towards the end of 2017. Really sappy and fun.
TERRE DE VINS Novembre 2017
Dédicace exhale un nez expressif de fruits blancs, étonne par la salinité de sa bouche, tranchante et nette, très appétissante. Elevé, en toute discrétion, en fûts.
(AOP Limoux chenin blanc)
ROSEMARY GEORGE MW Languedoc Blogspot August 2015
Pale colour. Dry honey on both nose and palate. A nicely rounded palate, with good balancing acidity and youthful honey notes. Very harmonious balance and promising a long life.10% is fermented in new barrels, but from four different coopers
JANCIS ROBINSON MW JancisRobinson.com September 2015 – 16.5+ pts
Super-varietal nose with honey and green apples in abundance. Bone dry with fine texture and just the right amount of acidity. This would be a great teaching tool: pure Chenin with the oak not at all in evidence except to give the wine structure and ageing potential. Well done! More extract than many a Loire Chenin.
WINE ENTHUSIAST November 2016 Lauren Buzzeo
Light in weight and feel, this tart Chenin leads with bright scents of green apple, plum and lemon peel. A hint of toasted oak dances in the background, adding a touch of depth and spicy character to the close. Linear and direct, this might benefit from a bit more time; try after 2017.
(AOP Limoux chenin blanc)
PERSWIJN March April 2016 (4.5 stars)
Weelderig, bloemen en rijpe peer, abrikozen, rijk, zoetje, fijne zuren, bitters, sap.
ROBERT PARKER WINE ADVOCATE April 2016 (91 points) by Jeb Dunnuck
This offers complex and exotic notes of under ripe peach, citrus blossom and mint, with a kiss of minerality, to go with a medium-bodied, layered, perfectly balanced style on the palate. I’d drink it in its youth, but I expect it will age gracefully.
GUIDE HUBERT 2016 (Pierre Casamayor / Nadine Adenis) Tenor de l’Année
“Un nez gourmand de pommes au four avec une pointe vanillée et de la fraicheur végétale comme l’angélique. Meme histoire en bouche avec du beurre frais, de la réglisse et une touche de citron. Finale grillée”
JANCIS ROBINSON.COM 17 PTS (TC) July 2016
Pale lemony green. Beautiful nose – like wild fresh honey and fragrant hay and fresh quince and golden late-picked apples with the lightest dusting of spice. Tingling with intensity, woven with flavours that shift like sunlight on leaves. The spice intensifies a little on the palate, the fruit is tight and sharp ,a nd for now green apple dominates but this is very embryonic. Long, sure, sculpted definition, hint of wax and imprint of honey to come. Drink to 2022. (Tamlyn Currin)
GUIDE DES VINS DUSSERT-GERBER 2017
Tres joli, avec ses nuances subtiles d’acacia qui viennent s’allier à celles des fruits frais, de bouche généreuse.
THE SCOTSMAN July 1, 2017 Rose Murray Brown MW STAR VALUE BUY
A superb example of Chenin Blanc. Zesty juicy creamy textured with refreshing crispness. Limoux has the only Chenin Blanc appellation in the south of France. The Panmans made the first 100% Chenin Blanc example in the area – proving that this grape is very much at home here. Great value too.
(AOP Limoux chenin blanc)
Jancis Robinson MW Purple Pages September 2014
Recognisably Chenin without the honey. This is very pure and crisp, with less extract and therefore earlier expression than the 2012. Strong green apple notes but not uncomfortably underripe. Like the 2012, this should age very well, surely. But it is strictly for acid freaks. Not for neophytes. Drink to 2020 (16)
GUIDE DES MEILLEURS VINS DE FRANCE 2016 La Revue du Vin de France
Sur les fruits secs, affiche une belle tension, dans un esprit tres ligérien. 15
GUIDE DUSSERT-GERBER DES VINS 2016
Charmeur, aux notes de pêche, richement bouqueté , tout en structure et parfums, fondu en bouche.
DÉDICACE 2012
(AOCP Limoux chenin blanc)
JANCISROBINSON.COM BY TAMLYN CURRIN March 22, 2019
The 2012 is still remarkably youthful, although it has mellowed and melted in the way that older Chenin does so gracefully. It’s all honey-baked pears and waxiness, burnished saffron spice (with that beautiful, almost elusive dusty-dried-petals-and-earth bitterness that saffron has), caramel and crème brûlée. It has become rich and deep and all that Chenin raciness has slowed to something much more dreamy.
It’s almost insane that a wine that costs £12.50 should age this well and have this level of complexity and structure.
LA REVUE DU VIN DE FRANCE (La Vérité du Millésime 2012)
Fraichure citronnée pour ce vin précis et tres élancé, aux notes de fruits blancs, à l’acidité tres élevée et au profit tranchant. Une Grande Réussite.
MARC DUBERNET Nez frutié, d’agrumes, zeste de citron, notes exotiques, bouche ample et dynamique
JANCIS ROBINSON, PURPLE PAGES (September 2013)
This lacks the honey and the crispness of, say, a fine Vouvray and is somehow a lttle more apples and minerals, but it is recognisably Chenin and will presumably blossom into something a little more forthcoming. Great satin exture. I’d love to see this in a year.
Jancis Robinson MW Purple Pages September 2014
Barrel fermented with a light hand. Pure, steely with notes of honeyed apples and some damp straw. This is certainly a textbook chenin Blanc ! Lots of chew on the end. Really crystalline and this tastes dry, thanks to the massive acidity. This is slowly unfurling from its rather introvert state a year ago, It should last many years. Less depth and grunt than an absolutely topnotch dry Vouvray or Montlouis, but very refined. A particularly lissome rendition. (It is certainly nothing like the typical Languedoc white, thanks to the elevation and relatively cool climate of Limoux). 16.5
JANCIS ROBINSON PURPLE PAGES (September 2015) 17 pts
Purest of aromas – mostly lemon cream but also a touch of cedar and spice from the barrel ferment and the tiniest adumbration of honey. Creamy, rounded on the palate with a hint of orange. Long and cool. (JH)
LE GUIDE DES VINS DUSSERT-GERBER 2015
Est une réussite et collectionne les récompenses, avec des petites notes de peche jaune et de lis, un vin ample et harmonieux.
Decanter World Asia Awards Jury comment
Aromas of Granny Smith apples, fresh apricots, and blood orange. The palate is delightfully tropical with notes of pear, melon, papaya and vanilla with a touch of toasted bread. A well rounded wine with a great finish (Silver Medal)
澳洲青苹果、新鲜杏子和血橙的香气。令人愉快的热带风格中带有梨、蜜瓜、木瓜和香草味道中夹着些许烤面包香，是 一款圆润优秀的葡萄酒，收尾悠长
GUIDE HUBERT 2015 Pierre Casamayor
Un nez de coing, vanille, notes balsamiques et mentholées. Bouche fraîche, sur le fruit jeune, avec une finale nerveuse et poivrée. Pour des fruits de mer. 
WINE ADVOCATE (ROBERT PARKER) Jeb Dunnuck 92 pts
Another stunner from this producer. Massive minerality, lychee and citrus notes all give way to a medium-bodied, textured, vibrant wine that will evolve nicely. Made from 100% chenin blanc and fermented and aged in 15% new oak, it’s a beautiful white that’s well worth the effort to track down. These new releases from Chateau Rives-Blanques are some of the top whites reviewed for this Languedoc report. They also represent terrific values.
INTERNATIONAL WINE CHALLENGE
Rounded, fresh pear and peach flavour with some ripe apple notes.
LEON STOLARSKI Lots of aromatic complexity here, with spiced apple pie, mandarin orange and a hint of pineapple, wet stone minerality (not to mention a touch of classic Chenin Blanc “wet dog”!), garrigue herbs and beautifully subtle, creamy oak. Although this has been open for a few days without me writing a note, it really is as fresh as the moment the cork was popped, offering masses of soft citrus and apple fruit flavours, laced with all manner of spice and herb nuances, perfectly balanced between creaminess and zest, and perhaps even with a suggestion of tannic/mineral grip. And very long, too. You probably wouldn’t mistake it for a Loire Chenin, but Languedoc Chenin has a recognisable character all of its own – and this one is a classic example. a really lovely, complex wine.
WINE SPECTATOR (GS) (89 pts)
Lemon curd, ripe melon and spice notes are boosted by firm, fresh acidity in this medium-bodied white. Minteral undertones add complexity on the creamy, floral-tinged finish. Drink now.
FRENCH MEDITERRANEAN WINE.COM Richard Mark James
Developing oily notes and oaty/toasty on the nose and palate, quite buttery and rounded with savoury maturing flavours vs subtle crisp bite still; very nice start to the tasting.
(AOP Limoux chenin blanc)
THE WINE DOCTOR Chris Kissack
This is 100% Chenin Blanc. Pale straw hue. The nose is fruit-rich, expressive, with some tropical tinges to it, especially melon, but also with some citrus tinges, providing a bright and cool frame. There is also a little edge of chalky pith, and a lick of cashew nut, from the oak perhaps? The palate is full, cool, with plenty of style, supple and yet with good weight and character, but it still shows a bright and defined midpalate. There is some grip in he finish here. There is oak here, but it shows through structure more than flavour. Good.
LE GUIDE DES MEILLEURS VINS DE FRANCE 2014 LA REVUE DU VIN DE FRANCE Ferme et tonique, tres equilibré.
ROSEMARY GEORGE MW Taste Languedoc Blogspot
Dry honey; lovely honey. Delicious. The palate is filling out
GUIDE DES MEILLEURS VINS DE FRANCE 2015
… se distingue par un fruit particulierement avenant
GUIDE DUSSERT GERBER DES VINS 2014
Une réussite et collectionne les récompenses. Suave en bouche, harmonieux, aux aromes de fruits blancs, d’une belle élégance et d’une grande richesse aromatique en finale. Excellent.
DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS (Silver medal)
Aromas of honey and citrus with touch of oak. Ripe, rich palate of creamy apples and vanilla. Pleasing Christmas pudding character with some orange zest on the finish. WINE SPECTATOR Kim Marcus (87 pts) Crunchy apple, white cherry and candied ginger notes give this an exotic appeal. Roasted pineapple and lanolin details show on the taut finish. Drink now. 700 cases made. –KM
(AOP Limoux chenin blanc)
LA REVUE DU VIN DE FRANCE SUR LE MILLÉSIME 2010:
Joliment citronnée, la matiere tranchante se montre élancée. Réussite Exceptionnelle.
LEON STOLARSKI LeonStolarski.blogspot.com
Lots of prickly acidity here, balanced by some creamy oak and tropical fruits and lemon oil. Beautifully fresh and zesty in the mouth, but with some complexity too. Good length. Of the 2 vintages, I definitely prefer this one. As a footnote, we have enjoyed a whole bottle of this wine, over the last couple of days and it really is a classy wine – swathes of classic Chenin fruit on the nose and palate, with notes of wet wool, lemon curd, tangy apple and serious minerality, which puts me in mind of a bone dry Vouvray.
LE GUIDE DES MEILLEURS VINS DE FRANCE La Revue du Vin de France :
Est un peu en retrait, mais sa finesse et sa discrete amertume sonnent tres juste.
JANCIS ROBINSON PURPLE PAGES October 2012 Ch Rives-Blanques,
Dédicace 2010 Limoux 16 Drink 2014-2017 Chenin Blanc. This vintage dedicated to Georges Pauli, ‘who has inspired and helped us on the way’. Markedly more nerve and acidity than the 2009. Green apples and potential. Still very youthful. I’d like to see a little toastiness develop. But racy and refreshing. Good to see this variety celebrated in Limoux. 13%
LEON STOLARSKI 100% Chenin Blanc.
A subtle nose of spring flowers, peach, orange and herbs. Steely dry, with plenty of Chenin character and minerality, with cracking lemony acidity.
HET LAATSTE NIEUWS (XTRA) Luc Meyermans, Belgium
Witte perzik en pompelmoes. Zuidelijke chenin, wat voller van smaak, maar voldoende fris, met licht bittere, nootachtige finale.
DRINKS HOTELS James Lawther MW
Pale yellow colour. Appely aroma with a hint of honeyed complexity. Palate round on attrack but nervy acidity behind. Lively, appetizing wine.
THE WINE DOCTOR Chris Kissack
This is 100% Chenin Blanc. A pale lemon gold hue. The nose is very reminiscent of youthful Aussie Semillon at first, with a very firm, defined, slightly honeyed and creamy-curdy lemon fruit character on the nose. It is certainly fresh and bright, but also very firm. On the palate it is full and robust, with lemon and stone, and plenty of grip and substance behind it. An impressively solid and confident mouthful. Vigorous and full of sour and fully expressed fruit. A good effort here. 16/20 (December 2012)
GUIDE HUBERT 2013 (Pierre Casamayor)
Un nez de coing, floral, avec de la subtilite. Bouche tendre, tendue, avec du fruit, une note amandée, un e finale tonique. Pour un sandre roti.
(AOP Limoux chenin blanc)
LEON STOLARSKI LeonStolarski.blogspot.com:
100% Chenin Blanc, aged in barrels of up to 5 years old, but with 8% new. Apple and stoney mineral aromas. A lemony palate, with some tropical fruit notes, but more in the way of non-fruit/mineral flavours.
GUIDE DUSSERT-GERBER DES VINS 2012
Un excellent Limoux chenin blanc; ample et florale; de bouche suave et fraîche à la fois; très bien vinifié comme le chardonnay Limoux
GUIDE DES MEILLEURS VINS DE FRANCE 2012 La Revue du Vin de France
Citronné et fin, Dédicace présent plus de matiere en 2009.
GUIDE DES VINS GILBERT & GAILLARD 2012
Robe or clair, brillante. Nez fin, minéral sur fond de fruits blancs. Bouche enveloppante, qui met en avant sa matière, son gras, sa puissance. Finale sur le fruit. Un limoux mâchu, à servir sur une viande blanche crémeuse. (médaille d’Or)
GUIDE DES VINS DUSSERT GERBER 2013
… est ample et florale, de bouche suave et fraîche à la fois, très bien vinifié
JANCIS ROBINSON PURPLE PAGES October 2012 Ch Rives-Blanques, Dédicace 2009 Limoux 15.5 Drink 2013-2015
Young appley Chenin Blanc aromas but without the crunchy acidity of the Loire and without the honey and old-vine interest of the best South Africans. A little loose. With bottle age it may take on more interest. There is a nice, firm finish already. This vintage is dedicated to their neighbour James Kinglake of Dom Begude who helped them out when their wine press gave up the ghost. Nice idea. 13.5%
THE WINE DOCTOR Chris Kissack
A pale golden hue here. The aromatics call to mind some classic varietal elements, with notes of straw and light, crystalline, golden fruits, and there is also a nice edge of minerally crunch to it as well. It certainly seems fresh and defined which is welcome in this vintage. This first impression is backed up on the palate, which although showing a lightly creamed, lemon curd element through the middle also has good acidity, this providing some backbone along with some appealing grip as well. It feels really quite energetic and citrus-spritzy in the midpalate, before softening a little towards the end. Overall, a good wine. 16.5/20 (December 2012)
(AOC Limoux chenin blanc)
FINANCIAL TIMES by Jancis Robinson MW
More floral than the Mauzac. Very good acidity though a bit more spindly than the Mauzac. Sleek and polished though without quite the character of the Mauzac. 16 Drink 2009-11
JANCIS ROBINSON PURPLE PAGES (May 2010)
Fresh, quite precise, lots of acidity, and green peach notes. Golden apple and rounded at the core with floral edges and just a tantalising smudge of the honey to come. A prickle of spice on the finish. Elegant. (TC)
JANCIS ROBINSON MW re-tased 10 September 2019 16 points
Deep honey gold. Strong green vegy streak. Definitely fully mature on the nose. Good acidity and pure mature Chenin with masses of acidity. Perhaps a slightly sudden finish but clean and racy. I wonder what the residual sugar is? Probably minimal but the fruit is riper than most Loires. It has certainly lasted a lot longer than either Tam or I thought it would. Nutty.
DECANTER MAGAZINE WORLD WINE AWARDS
Tight, mineral style with lanolin, tropical fruit, good depth and excellent acidity.
INTERNATIONAL WINE CHALLENGE
Passion fruit nose with a touch of creamy richness. Ripe apricot and vanilla on the palate with a long, fresh, citrus finish
MEILLEURS VINS DE FRANCE 2011
Equilibré, mûr et finement citronné
GUIDE DES VINS 2011 Patrick Dussert-Gerber
Ample et florale, de bouche suave et fraîche à la fois, très bien vinifié
LES MEILLEURS VINS DE FRANCE 2011 Gault & MIllau
Pur chenin du Sud, on le retrouve d’emblée au nez sur les mirabelles et de l’abricot. La texture de bouche est ample, consistante jouant aussi sur l’équilibre.
WINE ENTHUSIAST MAGAZINE (Editor’s Choice) 90 pts.
This 100% Chenin Blanc is a beautiful example of what the variety can express: soft florals loaded with garrigue notes alongside tropical fruit aromas of mango, guava and pineapple. It’s vibrant in the mouth, with moderate acidity and a lifting backbone of lemon verbena. The finish lingers gracefully, and overall the wine is ripe and attractive without being sweet or cloying. L.B
ROSEMARY GEORGE MW TasteLanguedoc.blogspot.com
This 2008 is light golden in colour, with some honeyed leafy notes and good fruit on the palate, with some underlying oak. The 2010 has only just been bottled – they will leave it in the cellar for at least 12 -1 8 months before releasing it. Again there was a touch of oak with some dry honey and a satisfying mouth feel with good acidity. It promises well, with good ageing potential. I have enjoyed mature vintages of this in the past.
LE GUIDE BETTANE DESSEAUVE DES VINS DE FRANCE 2012
Nez floral. Bouche ample et suave; énergique
WINE SPECTATOR Kim Marcus
Crisp, offering green pear and Granny Smith apple flavors that finish with a zesty minerality. Drink now. 8,000 cases made. –KM
(AOC Limoux chenin blanc)
1001 DEGUSTATIONS.COM
Une robe claire avec un joli lustre. Les arômes floraux en finesse s’affirment sur des notes d’acacia. Un vin ample, un brin minéral agrémenté de notes de nougat.
GUIDE DES VINS GILBERT & GAILLARD 2010
Robe jaune pâle, reflets verts . Le nez associe le coing mûr à des notes d’épices douces et de bois. La bouche est riche, le bois lui apporte gras, onctuosité et puissance. On retrouve les arômes fruités à connotation exotique. Pour un poisson en sauce. (85)
To the eye: pale yellow with green reflections. On the nose: ripe quince associates with wood and notes of soft spice. The mouth is rich, full, fat and powerful with great consistency thanks to vinification in oak barrels. Fruity flavours with exotic notes. Recommended to accompany a fish in sauce.
GUIDE DES MEILLEURS VINS DE FRANCE 2010 Gerbelle & Maurange
Nerveuse et marquée par les agrumes.
GUIDE DES VINS PATRICK DUSSERT-GERBER 2010
“… tout en fruit et finesse, aux notes de pomme et de fruits secs”
JANCIS ROBINSON It has gained a bit in depth with time in bottle but just a little less convincing than the Mauzac 2005, though younger of course. Very clean and well made, and seems rather more concentrated than the 2008. 16.5 Drink 2008-10
WWW.THEWINEDOCTOR.COM by Chris Kissack
Fermented in oak, then half left in oak for a total six months, the other half out into tank after four months. The name of this cuvée reflects the Panmans’ dedication to the appellation and terroir , and each vintage is also dedicated to an individual. Very fresh on the nose, although youthful displaying some richness, related to the bâtonnage ? The palate is rounded off but elegant, stylish, but quite full and almost meaty. Toothsome, in fact. Good, with potential. 16.5+/20 (July 2009)
JANCIS ROBINSON PURPLE PAGES (May 2010) Slightly more smoky on the nose than the 2008. Firm minerality and more wood spice perhaps? Richer. But still thrilling acidity. Quite tightly wound still. Notes of honey and apricot slowly unfolding in the glass. Real richness and roundness. This is a wine to drink slowly, perhaps even decant for short while. (TC)
VINUM MAGAZINE GERMANY May 2010
Noten von Apfel und Heu, schoen herb, mit Temperment und Fuelle. 2010-2014
DÉDICACE 2006 (AOC Limoux chenin blanc)
JANCIS ROBINSON PURPLE PAGES Languedoc-Roussillon tasting July 2009:
Ch Rives-Blanques, Dedicace 2006 Limoux 17.5 Drink 2009-11 Smoky, mineral and a delicate scent of fresh moss. Intense. Apricot and a rapier-like lime acidity. Arch minerality and then a trail of white blossom on the finish. (TC)
GRAND GUIDE DES VINS DE FRANCE 2010 Bettane & Desseauve
Grande acidité, avec une longueur étonnante sur les fruits blancs. Belle bouteille.
DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS Judges’ notes:
Honeyed botrytis aromas. Floral nose. Attractive honeyed marmalade fruit. Dry but rich, with well-managed oak and lovely complexity.
DRINKS INTERNATIONAL “WINE NEWS” January 2009 David Longfield
Explosively zingy palate, with melon, lemon sherbet and earthy minerals. Not at all an oaky wine, despite barrel influence. Dry but very refreshing.
LA REVUE DU VIN DE FRANCE (barrel tasting for “The Best Wines of the Year” supplement): Issu de chenin, assez généreux. ferme et expressif. Une pointe d’alcool, mais du caractère et de la sincérité
GUIDE DES VINS 2009 PATRICK DUSSERT-GERBER
C’est un vin tout en fruit et finessse, aux notes de pommes et de fruits secs
1000 VINS DU MONDE Vinialies International es Jury’s notes:
Ce 2006 possède une belle robe or pale aux nuances vertes. Le nez, intense, est marqué par des senteurs de peche blanche, d’agrumes et de cire. Le palais, ample dès la mise en bouche, apporte beaucoup de fraîchure. La finale s’achève sur une légère touche d’amertume.
WWW.THEWINEDOCTOR.COM by Chris Kissack A slightly deeper colour than the 2007, with very classic evolving Chenin honey and straw on the nose; it is characteristics like these, combined with an old-world structure, that led me to describe the 2004 as the best Chenin outside the Loire valley I had ever tasted. Very rich on the palate, perhaps a touch less acidity than the 2007. Stylish, quite full, very overtly Chenin. Firm, with good substance, spice and length in the finish. Fine potential here.
…. retasted in July 2012: It is a couple of years since I tasted this last, when it showed classic honey and straw Chenin Blanc aromas. It has certainly changed since then; the colour in the glass has a deep and golden hue. The nose is less expressive than previously, showing some withdrawn fruit, spiced wood, with a touch of orange fruit. The palate is robust, with early evolving Chenin Blanc character, dense but with a great richness, with nuances of toffee in the supple background. The palate takes on a firm, rounded and broad feel as a result, with firm acidity, but it is well balanced by the substance and grip of the wine. Overall, quite solid, almost creamy in its character, and fairly long in the finish. Certainly an impressive, substantial, and remarkably grippy wine. having said that, I have no idea where this is going; is it going to blossom into maturity, or just dive into an impenetrable funk? It’s hard to know; I’m glad I opened this bottle now. 16.5/20
(AOC Limoux chenin blanc)
GUIDE GILBERT & GAILLARD 2008:
Robe jaune clair reflets verts. Nez engageant de fleur blanche, agrémenté d’un fruité plus exotique. Bouche ample, joli gras enrobé de fraicheur, parfums purs sur le fruits. Beau chenin.
WINE SPECTATOR Kim Marcus:
A firm, medium-bodied white, with apple, pear, citrus and honey flavors, followed by spicy notes on the rich finish. Drink now through 2010.
LE GRAND GUIDE DES VINS DE FRANCE 2009, Bettane & Desseauve:
Sur la pomme verte, le citron et les fleurs blanches, l’ensemble n’est pas très puissant mais rafraîchissant
LE GUIDE DES VINS 2008 – PATRICK DUSSERT-GERBER: …
un vin où l’on retrouve des nuances de tilleul, alliant charpente et finesse de bouche fruitée
LE PROGRES (LYON) – Yves Espaignet :
Un étonnant vin de Chenin, frais avec une belle harmonie en bouche, notes florales, fruits exotiques.
An amazing chenin blanc, fresh with good harmony in the mouth, floral notes, exotic fruit.
THURIES – GUY CARRIERE:
“There are reasons enough to salute the high quality and originality of this wine. Impeccable, its robe of pale gold with green highlights. Its intense and precise aromas speak of the good maturity of the harvest, and the very respectful and discreet maturation in oak. The pallet is big and aromatic, quite typically chenin (honey, lime-blossom). You will be conquered by the depth, the elegance and the balance of this wine with its long and fresh finish, lifted by an agreable touch of bitter. This signature of chenin gives even more depth to the whole.
” Le terroir de ce domaine performant situé à 350 mètres d’altitude à Cépie, convient tout particulièrement au cépage chenin blanc. Cette cuvée est d’ailleurs la seule issue de ce plant à recevoir dans le sud de la France le label AOC. Raison de plus pour en saluer l’originalité et la qualité. Impeccable, la robe se pare de tons or pale à reflets verts. Les effluves intenses et précis traduisent une belle maturité de la vendange, un élevage très respectueux et discret. La palette aromatique est large, bien typique du chenin (miel, tilleul surtout). Vous serez conquis par l’amplitude, la tenue et l’équilibre de ce vin dont la longue finale fraîche est rehaussée d’une agréable pointe d’amertume. Cette signature du chenin donne encore plus de relief à l’ensemble. En plein apogée
(AOC Limoux chenin blanc)
GUIDE DES VINS DUSSERT-GERBER 2007
Un vin où l’on retrouve des nuances de tilleul, alliant charpente et finesse, de bouche fruitée
THE LONDON TIMES, JANE MacQUITTY November 2006
This gorgeous, dry, full, waxy, peachy, smoky, chenin blanc, made from mature, low-yielding, 18-year-old vines grown on some of Limoux’s best soils and rounded off with a dash of new oak by eco-aware winemakers, is an absolute delight. A wonderful festive bottle for those who are sick and tired of the usual merry-go-round of winter whites.
THE WINE DOCTOR (Chris Kissack)October 2006
Another barrel-fermented cuvée, but here this treatment is much less obvious. Full, honey and straw character on the nose, it is rich in aroma but without any great minerality or precision. Similar character on the palate, very full and textured, a warm and enveloping texture carrying a raft of straw and mineral characters, buoyed along by a very firm, grippy substance which probably indicates the presence of some barrel-derived tannins. Very well balanced acidity, rolling across the palate; this wine shows much of Chenin’s character, although it lacks the huge depth or finish of a great and mature Chenin, such as from Savennières, at present. Nevertheless it is a full, fine example of the variety, and as well as drinking well now it should do very well in the cellar, and it would be interesting to see just what complexity developed; I suspect it may be considerable. Impressive, certainly the finest Chenin outside of the Loire I have encountered.
1000 VINS DU MONDE 2007 (HACHETTE PRATIQUE) Sélecionnés par les Oenologues de France : Cette cuvée de chenin, jaune pâle, parsemée de reflets verts,offre un nez délicat de fleurs blanches (jasmin) légèrement miellées, relevé de nuances fruitées de poire. La bouche, dominée par des flaveurs de citron confit, présente du relief et un juste équilibre.
DM MAGAZINE, BELGIUM; Frank van der Auwera:
A wine that can be put down for 3 or 4 years. A jewel from Limoux: a wonderful colour, the bouquet starts with toasty oak impressions, nutty with ripe yellow fruit and lime blossom. Stone dry, even surprisingly zesty in the mouth, with lime leaves again, full of ripe yellow fruit compote. Great freshness. Almost a classic Loire chenin, and undoubtedly a real surprise at the table.”
Een parel uit Limoux: heel schitterende kleurspiegel, het boeket startend met toasty eik-impressies, noterig, met verder rijp geel fruit en lindebloesem . Beendroog, zelf verrassend zesty in de mond, met opnieuw lindebladjes, boordevol rijpe gele fruchtencompote. Prima Fraicheur. Haast klassieke ‘Loire-chenin’; en ongetwijfeld een surprise aan tafel.”
LE GUIDE HUBERT Pierre Casamayor:
Fumé, avec des notes de coing, de cire. La bouche est souple, avec une finale miellée.
ALTIDES DU LANGUEDOC & DU ROUSSILLON, Jury’s Verdict:
Tout en finesse ce Limoux blanc, par sa robe jaune paille claire, par ses aromes ou dominent les senteurs de fleurs blanches et de jasmin. Attaque fraîche, grande impression de minéralité.
Everything about this white Limoux is fine and elegant: its clear straw yellow robe, its aromas of white flowers and jasmin. Fresh in the attack with a great impression of minerality.
WIJN KOOP GIDS 2009, Frank van der Auwera:
Superschitterend goudgeel, met een boeket van notenpasta, creme au beurre, witte netel eh lindebloesem, in de smaak gevolgd door exotische impressies van gekonfijte citrus-vruchten, lichtjes oaky en tabacé, maar vooral nerveus en sappig. Apart en authentiek.
DÉDICACE 2003
(AOC Limoux chenin blanc)
DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS 2005 Judges’ Tasting Notes:
“Lemon hue, apple and blossom. Balanced, harmonious mouthful, elegant.”
CONCOURS GENERAL DE PARIS
‘Nez exotique et intense. Bouche beurrée, fruitée et vanillée’
Exotic and intense nose. Buttery, fruity and notes of vanilla on the palate.
Jury‘s comment 1000 Vins du Monde 2006,Oenologues de France. .
..cette cuvée jaune, pâle à reflets brillants. Le nez s’ouvre sur des notes d’agrumes, puis, rapidement, des touches de fuits blancs (poire, pêches) s’épannouissent. La bouche exprime une fraîchure minérale, nauancée d’un boisé discret. Ce vin accompagnera bien un plateau de fruits de mer.
A light yellow cuvée with clear bright highlights. On the nose citrussy notes at first, closely followed by a touch of white fruits (peach and pear). On the palate, a mineral freshness, refined by discreet oaking. This wine goes well with seafood.
GUIDE HACHETTE 2006
Parée d’une robe jaune pâle limpide, elle offre un bouquet fin et agréable de fruits exoitiques rehaussé d’une touche légèrement boisée et minérale. La bouche ample et généreuse témoigne d’un mariage parfait.
A light, limpid yellow robe; on the nose a fine bouquet of exotic fruits with a light mineral oakiness; the palate is round and generous, perfectly harmonious.
DÉDICACE 2002
GUIDE HACHETTE 2005: « …Les arômes de pêche et de fruits confits s’y épanouissent agréablement.»
A pleasing mix of peachy and jammy fruit aromas
GUIDE DUSSERT-GERBER 2005:
«Un chenin distinguée, long en bouche aux arômes floraux ou l’on retrouve l’acacia, un vin comme nous les aimons.»
A distinguished chenin, long in the mouth with floral aromas dominated by acacia; wine as we like it.
CHENIN DU MONDE
La robe brillant couleur jaune d’or aux reflets paille claire s’ouvre sur un nez intense et charmeur au caractère doux de vanille, caramel, banane et bois de chêne. La bouche soyeuse et pleine offre une texture merveilleuse surmontée par un boisé vanillé. La fraîcheur est apportée par les agrumes et la touche amère structure le vin. Un beau vin de style moderne et technique
A brilliant yellow gold robe with light straw-coloured reflections leads to an intense and charming nose characterised by soft notes of vanilla, caramel and oak. The mouth is silky, full and marvellously textured. The freshness is carried by citrus and a touch of bitterness which gives structure to the wine. A handsome wine in a modern and technological style.
1000 VINS DU MONDE (HACHETTE PRATIQUE) Les Oenologues de France
«D’un jaune d’or à reflets gris-verts, elle présente un nez complexe d’agrumes puis de fleurs (chèvrefeuille et acacia). Sa vivacité équilibrée et son volume en font un bon vin à savourer dès aujourd’hui.»
WINE INTERNATIONAL (February 2004):
“Quite confected fruit salad aromas and flavours with some oak. This is quite a modern style of wine.”
ROSEMARY GEORGE MW
I could almost make a comparison with mature Chablis. The colour was light golden, with no signs at all of oxidation. There were notes of mousseron, lightly mushroomy notes on the nose that you also find in mature Chablis and the palate was very elegant with lots of nuances, with dry honey and balancing acidity. It was a lovely mature glass of wine, on its plateau, but certainly not falling off it.