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Château Rives Blanques
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Cuvée de l’Odyssée
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Chardonnay
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 l Château Rives-Blanques is one of the few independent vineyards in the South of France specializing in quality white wines. Situated on a plateau 1150 feet above the Aude Valley in the Pyrenees foothills (just south of Carcassonne), this property benefits from the cooler breezes from the mountains and produces wines showing abundant fruit, smooth and round, almost New World but truly French in the balanced acidity and complexity from ageing in mature French oak barrels. Consulting oenologist, Georges Pauli of Gruaud Larose, St. Julien, and a Catalan by heritage, is taken with the property being in what was once Catalonia.
Limoux is famous for its chardonnay. It was the first appellation in the south of France to include chardonnay, and is the only one requiring fermentation and maturation in oak. The Chardonnay is produced from the two top chardonnay parcels of the estate, from 20 year old vines. The grapes from this moderate yield vineyard (40hl/ha) are hand harvested and pressed within 2 hours to preserve freshness. The must is then fermented and matured for 8 months is French oak barrels (30% new).
"Anyone can make a chardonnay anywhere in the world, but in Limoux, the terroirs give it a uniqueness you can find no where else." These are the words of René Renou, President of the French appellation institute (INAO).
“For our award-winning Cuvée de l'Odyssée, we use only hand-selected grapes from our top Chardonnay fields, arguably amongst the best in Limoux. The wine is fermented and maturated in French oak barrels, and bottled on the estate. Cuvée de l'Odyssée has been listed amongst the best wines of the year in France for the past five years in a row by La Revue du Vin de France, and was included in the dream wine list drawn up by three Best Sommelier in the World winners.” – Jan and Caryl Perman, owners
Website: http://www.rives-blanques.com
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