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Rives-Blanques, Dédicace Chenin Blanc 2017 Limoux

Tamlyn Currin

Tamlyn Currin

Friday 22 March 2019

Languedoc Chenin Blanc Limoux

From €13.50, £12.50, $18.99

I first met Caryl and Jan Panman of Ch Rives-Blanques in spring 2010, and their elegant, quintessentially Limoux wines have consistently been my favourite Languedoc whites ever since. When we drive to the Languedoc by car, this is the one estate we always visit to pick up a couple of cases of wine to bring home.

Dédicace is their still Chenin Blanc and the other night we opened a bottle of the 2017 vintage. Out of interest I decided to open a much older vintage – the 2012 – which we’d bought...

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