Reputation and renown, the best French red wines are often associated with red wines from the Bordeaux or Burgundy region, two wine regions producing an incredible amount of great wines, such as Pommard or Nuits -Saint-Georges in Burgundy, and Saint-Emilion Grand Cru or Pessac-Léognan in Bordeaux.
However, this limitation to only two regions when one wishes to select the best French red wine would be a real mistake. Indeed, many other terroirs produce very great wines, such as Alsace, Provence, the Rhône Valley and the Languedoc-Roussillon region. France is a country of great climatic and geographical diversity, which explains why the French territory produces very different wines, each with their own characteristics. Wines from Languedoc-Roussillon or Côtes du Rhône, for example, offer a very interesting compromise between power and delicacy. Cuvées such as Beaumes de Venise, Gigondas and Vacqueyras are among the most prestigious appellations. Further south, in the Occitanie region, the grapes benefit from maximum sunshine thanks to the Mediterranean climate, and allow the production of generous, powerful and unctuous wines. This is particularly the case for the Grands Vins Gérard Bertrand selection, which brings together bottles that are among the best French red wines. Examples include cuvées from Château l'Hospitalet, Château de Villemajou or Château de Soujeole, three exceptional wines with a unique character. In addition, criteria such as vintage or grape variety are parameters to take into account when selecting a bottle of red wine. If the vintage offers slight variations in terms of tastes and flavors, the grape varieties used reveal their full character without hesitation: We thus find: Find all our red wines and the Gérard Bertrand wine collections