Wine Review - 2010 Gerard Bertrand Art De Vivre Languedoc Reserve: Not Exactly Sure What We Are Drinking But We Like It
This is the sister wine to the Minervois we reviewed a couple of weeks ago. We decided not to wait to try the Languedoc. This wine was more of a head scratcher when it comes to what might be in it. There is not an easily found description of the varieties in this one. If it is a Corbieres, then it would have some combination of Syrah / Grenache / Mourvèdre in there. On the Gerard Bertrand website there is a Corbieres at 40% Syrah - 40 % Grenache - 20% Mourvèdre, but that does not look to be the 'Art De Vivre' label. So, we are kind of guessing. In comparison to the Minervois we had this wine is much darker with some inky notes. This one is on the purple side and quite a light rim in the glass. We would again say medium looking wine, call it comme ci, comme ça. When you stick your nose in the glass we get some pretty strange stuff. Welsh's grape juice crossed with burnt rubber. Strange indeed, but it works. This on...