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Chateau Rives-Blanques Blanquette de Limoux Brut Nature 2023

Chateau Rives-Blanques Blanquette de Limoux Brut Nature 2023

12% abv

Vol- 75cl

“Organic viticulture although not yet certified. Made 100% from the old historic grape variety of the region Mauzac, from two vineyards: 90% from Le Jardin, 55- to 80-year-old ‘uncloned’ bush vines, and 10% from Blaise, 10-year-old cordon-royat vines. 350–380 m above sea level on pebble-rich sandstone and marl. Cool fermented in stainless steel and then second fermentation in bottle, 24 months on lees. Zero dosage, no added sulphites at disgorgement. TA 4.3 g/l, pH 3.03, RS 0 g/l, pressure 6.7 bar.

Mauzac is that sibling in the family who gets characterised, boxed and labelled aged three and is never allowed to be anything else in the family’s collective perception – even if that sibling grows up to become someone completely different. Mauzac, we’re told, is rustic and light and tastes of dried apple skins and grassiness. What if Mauzac tastes of samphire and kombu steeped in mussels and white wine and lemon peel? What if Mauzac tastes of sea cliffs covered in blue-black shining shells and thick, glistening, green sea moss? What if Mauzac tastes like hay drenched in salt spray and green-olive brine? What if Mauzac, Blanquette, tastes like a Daphne du Maurier novel losing its pages in the wind on a cold pebbled beach under an iron sky? Could we reverse out from the cul-de-sac of our boxed-in beliefs and consider Mauzac with a wide-sky mind? Close your eyes and taste this wine… (TC)”
17 Points, Tamlyn Currin, Jancisrobinson.com

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£22.00inclusive of Duty and VAT

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An award-winning family-run estate in the high foothills of the Pyrenees in the South of France, making fine, hand-crafted white and sparkling wines. Rives-Blanques lies surrounded by woodland in a Natura 2000 reserve, protected by Europe for its unique combination of Mediterranean and Atlantic flora and fauna. These are the influences that lend both fruit and finesse to their wines: passion and fruit from the Mediterranean and the cool elegance from the Atlantic. The vineyard is on a plateau 350 high in the foothills of the Pyrenees. The same quartz that lies on the top of the peak Rives Blanques, after which the vineyard is named, also lies scattered amongst the vines.

Reference #:
26312
Strength
12 ABV
Bottles per Case
6 bottles
Grapes
Mauzac
Organic
Yes
Biodynamic
No
Vegan
Yes
Vegetarian
Yes
Sparkling
No

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Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Isles of Scilly.
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Deliveries are normally between 09.00 and 17.00 Tuesday to Friday and a signature is required on receipt of delivery. (We do not ship on a Friday for Monday delivery unless specifically requested to do so).

A shipping confirmation email will be sent when your order has been processed and shipped. You will be sent a further email and/or text with a delivery time slot and a consignment number along with instructions on how to amend this if required.

If you are out a card is left, with an instruction to call the local depot to re-arrange delivery. Alternatively, you can inform us to “leave safe”, “leave with a neighbour”, “leave in garage” etc. and we will pass this information onto the courier. Please remember that, in accordance with our Terms & Conditions, alcohol will only be left with persons over 18 Years Old.

A shipping confirmation email will be sent when your order has been processed and shipped. You will be sent a text with a delivery time slot and a consignment number along with instructions on how to amend this if required.

We use Mailsafe packaging and double walled cardboard boxes for secure shipping of all bottles. Clear labelling marked FRAGILE is applied and all our despatches.

UK mainland deliveries are overnight from confirmation of despatch with the exception of the following postcodes where deliveries are made on a 2 to 5 day service from despatch : 

IV 3 to 11, IV14 to 28, IV 40 & IV 51 to 54, IV 63. KW 1 to 3 & KW 5 to 14. PH 33 to 41

 

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