Chateau l'Hospitalet Tasting Cellar ★ 4.6
Gerard Bertrand's flagship cellar on the La Clape massif outside Narbonne, with a tasting room pouring the Hospitalet Grand Vin range alongside other Bertrand domain selections.
Gerard Bertrand's flagship cellar on the La Clape massif outside Narbonne, with a tasting room pouring the Hospitalet Grand Vin range alongside other Bertrand domain selections.
Laurent Chabert's Michelin Green Star table inside Gerard Bertrand's Chateau l'Hospitalet, pouring 90+ Occitanie wines from the 16 Bertrand domains alongside Mediterranean cuisine.
Awards: Michelin Guide Green Star 2024
Gerard Bertrand's flagship 5-star La Clape wine resort outside Narbonne, with 41 rooms, the Michelin Green Star Art de Vivre restaurant and the annual Jazz a l'Hospitalet festival.
The list: Cellar pouring 90+ wines from the 16 Gerard Bertrand domains; sommelier-led pairing dinners; jazz a l'Hospitalet festival pairings; biodynamic estate tour and tasting included
Walking tour of Gerard Bertrand's biodynamic La Clape vineyard outside Narbonne, ending in a tasting of the Hospitalet Grand Vin range and biodynamic neighbours from his 16 domains.
Chateau l'Hospitalet, Gerard Bertrand's flagship La Clape estate, runs an Art Hotel and a candle-lit terrace bar overlooking the garrigue and the Mediterranean. The wine list is Bertrand-portfolio-heavy (Cigalus, l'Hospitalet, La Forge, Aigle Royale) with the wider Languedoc and Roussillon range alongside. Live jazz on Friday and Saturday evenings in summer.
The list: Bertrand-portfolio hotel bar with 300 bottles and 18 by-the-glass; deep La Clape vertical alongside the wider Bertrand range; candle-lit setting on the garrigue terrace
Tip: Reserve a terrace table at dusk for the sunset over the La Clape vineyards. The garrigue-pine aroma of the air is part of the wine pairing.
Gerard Bertrand's Languedoc portfolio includes multiple cuvees that are documented as vegan-friendly (no animal-derived fining agents). Several of the Bertrand estates (Chateau l'Hospitalet, Domaine de Cigalus, Chateau de Tarailhan) operate under organic and biodynamic protocols. The cellar work uses bentonite clay and protein-free fining agents in place of casein, isinglass or egg-white.
Tip: Look for the vegan-friendly markings on Gerard Bertrand bottle labels; the Domaine de Cigalus, La Forge and Aigle Royale ranges are among the named vegan-cuvees. The Chateau l'Hospitalet visitor cellar offers vegan-cuvee tastings on request.