This vineyard “offers a cinematic view over the Pyrenees” says The Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France. “The Panman family has become a part of this countryside” they say, “and now the next generation is moving in”. The complete current range of Rives-Blanques wines is discussed.
‘The Languedoc is France’s top vineyard – in terms of quantity,” says the German wine magazine, Falstaff in its July-August 2019 issue. “Even 20 years ago, the great potential of its varying terroirs had hardly been explored.” “But today, committed winegrowers are changing the face of the region,” they added. Nineteen white Languedoc wines were awarded 90 […]
According to In Vino Veritas, only 10 % of all the Languedoc wine appellations include white wine grapes. In a region dominante by red wines, « the best Languedoc winegrowers are making great white wines which reflect their terroir”. White wines from this region used to be considered on the heavy and flabby side, they said. But « the hour […]
The respected Languedoc expert and author of The Wines of Languedoc, published her notes on an impromptu vertical tasting at Rives-Blanques. She was also the first to taste Dédicace 2018, just two weeks before the wine was bottled.
Dédicace 2017, is compared to its “remarkably youthful” great-great grandparent, Dédicace 2012, by Jancis Robinson’s talented crew member, Tamlyn Currin. Both were “scrumptious”, she said. “It’s almost insane that a wine that costs GBP 12.50 should age this well and have this level of complexity and structure” she wrote on jancisrobinson.com today. The 2017 is held together […]