CHATEAU L’HOSPITALET - Route de Narbonne Plage, 11100 Narbonne
The Swedish
alcohol monopoly pretends that Languedoc wines does not exist at all, with one
exception. If you talk to the wine expert in the large shops of Systembolaget
and mention Chateau l’Hospitalet and Gerard Bertrand, their eyes start sparkling
and they get an almost religious look in their faces. The American wine
magazine Wine Enthusiast have awarded Gerard Bertrand to be the best European
wine maker 2012.
The
vine-yard is located in the mountains of La Clape, between Narbonne and
Narbonne Plage. The vine-yard lies beautifully in a sea of vine along the most
beautiful winding road to the sea. The La Clape mountains have quite a few top
quality vine-yards and the prizes on their prestige wines are rather high.
Château l’Hospitalet
rents or owns land in many places around in Languedoc and can therefore offer
wines of many different types (AOP). You can taste and buy wine from a number
of areas within Languedoc here. The prize range I between a few euros per
bottle for variety wines up to plus 40 euros for designer’s wines like Cigalus,
La Forge and Viala. If you choose to buy older, more mature, bottles the prize
can be still much higher.
Château l’Hospitalet
is much more than a vine-yard and a wine-shop. They have a very good restaurant, a hotel and a number of small shops rented out to artists and
others. They also arrange very interesting art exhibitions with painting, photography
and sculpture and also jazz-concert with food and wine.
Nobelvin 2013: Vid Nobelmiddagen 2013 serverades Château l’Hospitalet La Reserve Rouge 2011, Coteaux du Languedoc la Clape
WEB: http://www.chateau-lhospitalet.com/
