The Château Rives-Blanques of Limoux of Languedoc-Roussillon

Château Rives-Blanques
The winery offers 19 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 8 of the estates of Languedoc-Roussillon.
It is located in Limoux in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon
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The Château Rives-Blanques is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Limoux to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Rives-Blanques wines

Looking for the best Château Rives-Blanques wines in Limoux among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Rives-Blanques wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Rives-Blanques wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Château Rives-Blanques

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Rives-Blanques

How Château Rives-Blanques wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of cuttlefish in sauce, pan-fried swordfish with herbs or express cherry clafoutis.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Rives-Blanques

On the nose the white wine of Château Rives-Blanques. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, citrus or minerality and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Château Rives-Blanques. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Rives-Blanques

  • 2018With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.65/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Rives-Blanques.

  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Mauzac Blanc
  • Viognier
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Limoux

Limoux is a relatively New appellation (created in 2003) in the eastern Part of the Aude region of Southern France, which applies to both red and white wines. The vineyards extend around the town that gave it its name, in the foothills of the Pyrenees east of the Languedoc-Roussillon/corbieres">Corbières and south of Carcassonne. Historically, this region is best known for its Sparkling wines, which are produced and sold under the appellations of Blanquette de Limoux and Crémant de Limoux. The vineyards here are higher and cooler than those of any other appellation in the Languedoc-Roussillon, and also further away from the moderating temperature influences of the Mediterranean.

This leads Limoux and its surroundings to produce a style of wine quite different from other appellations. This includes neighbours such as the Corbières. In Limoux Rouge, red wines are made primarily from Merlot (at least 50% of any AOC Limoux blend), supplemented by a wide range of other French red varieties. The blend must include three grape varieties, with the two most important accounting for no more than 90% of the total.

The top sparkling wines of Château Rives-Blanques

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Château Rives-Blanques

How Château Rives-Blanques wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of old-fashioned pork roll, mackerel with quick mustard or scallop mousse.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Château Rives-Blanques

On the nose the sparkling wine of Château Rives-Blanques. often reveals types of flavors of cream, microbio or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of grapefruit, citrus or apples.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Château Rives-Blanques

  • 2014With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Château Rives-Blanques.

  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Mauzac Blanc
  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

The top sweet wines of Château Rives-Blanques

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Rives-Blanques

How Château Rives-Blanques wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of fish paella, baked fish and vegetables or tarte tatin.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Château Rives-Blanques

  • 2006With an average score of 4.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château Rives-Blanques.

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Mauzac Blanc

The word of the wine: Black Grenache

Grenache is a black grape variety that originated in Spain and is one of the great quality varieties of southern France. Sometimes vinified on its own, it is most often blended with one or more other Rhone or southern grape varieties with complementary qualities such as Syrah, Mourvèdre, Carignan or Cinsault. Its wines are warm, with aromas of red fruits (cherry) and spices; they oxidize with time. Vinified alone or in very large proportions, Grenache Noir also makes great natural sweet wines in Roussillon (Rivesaltes, Banyuls, Maury) and in the Rhône Valley (Rasteau).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Rives-Blanques

Planning a wine route in the of Limoux? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Rives-Blanques.

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.