At A Glance
- Field
- Detail
- Region
- Languedoc
- Range
- Rosé, red and fortified wines
- Family management
- Ingrid, Emma and Mathias are involved in managing the family business
- Named rosés
- Gris Blanc, Clos du Temple and Côte des Roses
- Red and fortified wines
- Heritage An 806 Corbières, Château L'Hospitalet La Réserve Rouge, Rivesaltes Ambré and Legend Vintage Maury
The Producer
Rosé, red and fortified wines carry Gérard Bertrand's name across several Languedoc appellations. Gris Blanc, Clos du Temple and Côte des Roses are rosés. Heritage An 806 Corbières, Château L'Hospitalet La Réserve Rouge, Gérard Bertrand Corbières and Cigalus Rouge are reds. Rivesaltes Ambré and Legend Vintage Maury are fortified wines.
The range moves between Pays d'Oc, Languedoc, La Clape and Corbières labels, with Rivesaltes and Maury on the fortified bottles. Gérard Bertrand's blending work is shared with his team and passed on to his wife Ingrid and their children, Emma and Mathias.
Place
The Languedoc name appears across several appellation labels, with each bottle carrying its own geographic category. Gris Blanc is labeled Pays d'Oc, while Clos du Temple and Côte des Roses carry Languedoc. Château L'Hospitalet La Réserve Rouge carries La Clape, and Gérard Bertrand Corbières and Heritage An 806 Corbières carry Corbières.
Rivesaltes Ambré and Legend Vintage Maury carry the names of fortified wine appellations. The labels therefore move from Pays d'Oc and Languedoc rosé to La Clape and Corbières reds, then to Rivesaltes and Maury fortified wines.
Story
Gérard Bertrand's blending work is shared with his team and passed on to Ingrid, Emma and Mathias, who are involved in managing the family business. The company operates eight primary estates across multiple Languedoc appellations. Family management sits alongside a range that includes rosé, red and fortified wines.
Vineyards And Cellar
The documented cellar methods change by bottle. Gris Blanc is hand harvested and directly pressed under CO₂ protection to preserve delicate aromas. It remains on fine lees for several weeks before bottling. Fine lees are the yeast cells left after fermentation, and time on them can add a rounder texture while keeping the wine fresh.
Clos du Temple is harvested by hand in crates at sunrise. The must is clarified at controlled temperatures of 8 to 10°C for 24 hours without added sulfites, then matured in new barrels for six months on fine lees with yeast stirring. Stirring keeps the lees in contact with the wine and can build texture.
For Heritage An 806 Corbières, Syrah undergoes carbonic maceration for 10 to 18 days. This method ferments grapes in a carbon dioxide rich environment and can emphasize fresh fruit. The wine is then aged in 225 litre Bordeaux barrels for around eight months.
Wines
The rosé range includes Gris Blanc as a Pays d'Oc wine, Clos du Temple and Côte des Roses as Languedoc wines. Clos du Temple is a blend of Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah, Mourvèdre and Viognier.
The red range includes Heritage An 806 Corbières, a blend of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre, alongside Château L'Hospitalet La Réserve Rouge from La Clape, Gérard Bertrand Corbières, Cigalus Rouge, Héritage Cabernet Sauvignon and Héritage Pinot Noir. The fortified wines are Rivesaltes Ambré and Legend Vintage Maury.
In The Glass
Gris Blanc opens with red fruit aromas. A slight carbonation brings freshness and emphasizes the fruit, while the finish unfolds through fresh mineral notes.
Clos du Temple is very pale and glittering in appearance. The nose brings ripe apricot and white peach, rose and spicy green pepper. The palate mirrors those aromatic notes and ends with a delicate taste of blond tobacco.
A Bottle To Understand It
Choose Heritage An 806 Corbières. It is a red blend of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre from the Corbières appellation, with carbonic maceration applied to Syrah and ageing in Bordeaux barrels. The nose brings powerful mocha and coffee aromas. The palate is well balanced and harmonious, with ripe fruit and a full style, followed by a soft, almost endlessly lingering finish.
Anecdote
In 1975, when Gérard Bertrand was ten years old, his father Georges told him that by the age of fifty he would have forty vintages of experience. The prediction placed a future count of vintages beside a childhood conversation between father and son.
Final Word
Gérard Bertrand's range runs from Pays d'Oc and Languedoc rosé to Corbières and La Clape reds, with Rivesaltes and Maury fortified wines under the same family managed name.
Sources
- www.gerard-bertrand.com/en
- www.gerard-bertrand.com/en/pages/domaines-et-chateaux/chateau-de-villemajou
- www.gerard-bertrand.com/products/gris-blanc-vin-rose
- www.gerard-bertrand.com/en/pages/clos-du-temple-en
- gerard-bertrand.shop/products/clos-du-temple-rose-wine
- gerard-bertrand.shop/products/gris-blanc-rose-wine
- gerard-bertrand.shop/products/heritage-corbieres