
Gerard Bertrand JOA Rose has faint wafts of lemon curd and white melon lead, with a crushed stone minerality in the back. The palate is surprisingly round in feel, with a plushness on the mid-palate that carries through to the finish.
Food Matches
Serve at 10°C with grilled meat, fish or Mediterranean salads
Accolades
90 points - Decanter
Technical Data
Varietal: Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault
Geographic Designation: AOP Languedoc
Alcohol: 12 %
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- Comes from organic vineyards and is a blend of the iconic varieties of south of France.
- The different varieties are harvested separately allowing them each to be picked at optimal ripeness.
- Winemaking techniques are adjusted to suit the characteristics of each of the varieties and the qualities of each terroir.
- After manual harvesting very early in the morning when temperatures are still very low, this rosé is made using the saignée method.
- The bunches of grapes are put into a tank to macerate whole and extraction is carried our after a short macersation, once the desired colour has been achieved.
- Alcohol fermentation takes palce in the liquid phase, under controlled temperatures, in order to develop maximum aromas.
- part of this wine has been matured in oask barrels.
- To keep its freshness and natural acditiy, malolactic fermentation was note carried out and the wine was bottled quickly.