Château Rives-Blanques Cuvée Xaxa Vendange d'Hiver

My 40th birthday (at home) : Don't know if I should have waited longer, but today is a special day and this is my favourite winery in the Languedoc. Superb aromas of honey and apricot, rich with the right amount of acidity, was perfect with roquefort cheese and then a rhubarb pie. Simply delicious.

Popped and poured at refridgerator temp. This is a late harvest chenin blanc and mauzac wine, made only in exceptional years. Appearance: light golden yellow. Nose: lots of honey here with a bit of apricot in the background, very pleasant. Palate: honey and apricot, but with a bit of an acidic bite to it. Maybe this was just too young right now. I don't have much experience with late harvests as yet. Still, this was very good and paired well …