The June issue of la Revue du Vin de France unveils the top wines of the year after its nationwide tasting of the vintage, including two from Rives-Blanques. « Once again, the white wines of Limoux were really successful », says France’s top wine magazine, after a mammoth tasting of 2012 wines from all the appellations throughout […]
Mariella Beukers’ wholly complimentary article about the wines of Chateau Rives-Blanques (an estate « that needs no introduction ») highlights the most original of our wines, the mauzac Cuvée Occitania. « Sometimes odd-ball grape varieties like these can make unbelievably beautiful wines », she said in the respected wine blog Wijnkronieken.
The mauzac gives this Limoux blend an « appley bite and quickness like a fish leaping in a stream » says Victoria Moore, the UK Daily Telegraph’s wine writer. With a sharp eye for chardonnay, she says it does not cost a fortune to buy a really good Limoux wine. The problem may be in finding it […]