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 Rives-Blanques range were accompanied by a three star rating for the estate.