2023 Gerard Bertrand Cote des Roses Rose
Grape
Grenache with Syrah and Cinsault
Its Origins
Wine Enthusiast named his winery Europe’s best in 2011, but Gerard Bertrand began as a rugby player for France and Narbonne. It wasn’t until the early death of his father that he returned to take the reigns of the family operation, Domaine de Villemajou in Boutenac, Corbieres. He soon identified the potential of the Languedoc-Roussillon to produce rich yet bright, modern wines suited to world market trends and from there began acquiring labels and properties across the region. Balancing an organic and increasingly biodynamic viticulture with an evangelical zeal for exporting his Mediterranean ‘Art de Vivre’, Gerard Bertrand has quickly become one of the most important champions of that which epitomises Southern French wine of today: superb quality in quantity.
What The Critics Say
90/100 Wine Enthusiast, Reggie Solomon
"This wine invites you to experience a rosé with a rebel streak. Pink-orange in color, it opens with rosehip, dried cherry, cranberry, strawberry and white blossom. The midpalate trends towards fulsome in body with an assertive flash of heft on the finish."
JancisRobinson.com, Tamlyn Currin
"Some people will love this wine for its half-skittle shape and rose-moulded punt. Made very much in the Provence style, with a little more fruit and certainly at a much more affordable price. Our local gin distillery, a small family-run affair, make a delicious rhubarb gin macerated with real rhubarb and this could easily pass as the wine version. I like the dash of watermelon-pith bitterness and black-cardamom liquorice. Very smooth, very polished. (TC)."
Top Buy for the Summer in Decanter, Amy Wislocki (2022 vintage)
"Hailing from the Languedoc as opposed to pricier Provence, this blend of mainly Grenache with Syrah and a dash of Cinsault is dry, fresh and fruit-forward. Pale in the glass, it has aromas and flavours of white flowers, strawberry and watermelon, livened by grapefruit citrus notes. A breezy, fresh, Mediterranean style, in a striking bottle (a rose motif is moulded into the bottom, echoing the name)."
| Variety | Grenache Syrah Mourvedre Blend |
|---|---|
| Region | Languedoc |
| Closure | Stopper |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Alcohol | 13.00% |
| Maturity | 2024 - 2026 |
This Wine Goes Well With
Taste
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