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 lobster barbecue, medallions of monkfish with citrus fruits or apple cake.

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 shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of shrimp and zucchini with curry and coconut milk, sophie's tuna cake or tapenade with green olives.

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 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Mauzac Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

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 thai shrimp sauce, monkfish with curry or yoghurt cake.

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: Liqueur wine

Unfermented must with added brandy, also called liqueur wine: Pineau des Charentes, Floc de Gascogne, Macvin du Jura, Ratafia, Cartagène du Languedoc.

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: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.