Winery Gérard Bertrand - Rivesaltes Legend Vintage

Winery Gérard BertrandRivesaltes Legend Vintage

4.5
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the world.
The Rivesaltes Legend Vintage of Winery Gérard Bertrand is a red wine from the region of Rivesaltes of Languedoc-Roussillon.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.
The Rivesaltes Legend Vintage of the Winery Gérard Bertrand is in the top 10 of wines of Rivesaltes.

Taste structure of the Rivesaltes Legend Vintage from the Winery Gérard Bertrand

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Rivesaltes Legend Vintage of Winery Gérard Bertrand in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

caramel, oak

Wine with earth taste

honey, cocoa

Wine with microbio taste

cheese

On the nose the Rivesaltes Legend Vintage of Winery Gérard Bertrand in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of vanilla, caramel or toffee and sometimes also flavors of cheese, fig or orange.

Details and technical informations about Winery Gérard Bertrand's Rivesaltes Legend Vintage .

Winemaker
Gérard Bertrand
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cinsault

Cinsaut noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by large bunches and large grapes. Cinsaut noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

Last vintages of this wine

Rivesaltes Legend Vintage - 1985
In the top 10 of of Rivesaltes wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Rivesaltes Legend Vintage - 1974
In the top 10 of of Rivesaltes wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Rivesaltes Legend Vintage - 1969
In the top 10 of of Rivesaltes wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Rivesaltes Legend Vintage - 1955
In the top 10 of of Rivesaltes wines
Average rating: 4.911111

The best vintages of Rivesaltes Legend Vintage from Winery Gérard Bertrand are 1955, 1969, 1974, 1985

Informations about the Winery Gérard Bertrand

The winery offers 336 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This winery is part of the Gérard Bertrand.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Rivesaltes in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon
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The Winery Gérard Bertrand is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 379 wines for sale in the of Rivesaltes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Languedoc-Roussillon
In the top 700 of of France wines
In the top 15 of of Rivesaltes wines
In the top 3000 of red wines
In the top 3500 wines of the world

The wine region of Rivesaltes

Rivesaltes is an appellation for the historic Sweet wines of eastern Roussillon, in the DeepSouth of France. The natural sweet wines produced in this region have been revered since at least the 14th century. The technique used to make them is one of many techniques used for sweet wines. Unlike botrytized wines or ice wines, natural sweet wines are made by Mutage, a process that involves stopping the Fermentation of the must while a high level of natural sweetness remains.


The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc (formerly Coteaux du Languedoc) is a key appellation used in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It covers Dry table wines of all three colors (red, white and rosé) from the entire region, but leaves Sweet and Sparkling wines to other more specialized appellations. About 75% of all Languedoc wines are red, with the remaining 25% split roughly down the middle between whites and rosés. The appellation covers most of the Languedoc region and almost a third of all the vineyards in France.

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The word of the wine: Dosage

The addition of sugar in the form of expedition liquor to a sparkling wine after disgorgement.

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