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Home Shop Wine Organic Mas de Daumas Gassac Blanc

Mas de Daumas Gassac Blanc

About This Drink

A white wine of great elegance, structure and complexity, perfect to be enjoyed now but an incredible ageing potential!
Lush, ripe stone fruit notes with white flowers and hints of almond.

Grape VarietalChardonnay, Chening Blanc, Petit Manseng, Viognier

Origin / RegionN/A

Production MethodOrganic

€69.00

5 in stock

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Story

A white wine of great elegance, structure and complexity, perfect to be enjoyed now but an incredible ageing potential! A blend of 25% Viognier, 25% Chardonnay, 25% Petit Manseng, 15% Chenin Blanc and 10% other grape varieties including Courbu from Bearn, Petite Arvine from Valais, rhole from Provence, Marsanne from the Rhone Valley and 10 other rare grape varieties.

Producer

One of France’s most iconic and controversial vignerons, Aimé Guibert founded Mas de Daumas Gassac with his wife Véronique in the heart of the Hérault in the 1974. Originally, they had thought to produce cereals and other crops, but they were convinced by a geologist friend that the terroir was well-suited to vines and had the potential to produce outstanding quality wine. Aimé Guibert was famously outspoken in his avoidance of chemicals and criticism of industrialised wine production. His quality over quantity approach was in stark contrast to the majority of production across the south of France at that time. Often referred to as the ‘Grand Cru of the Midi’, Mas de Daumas Gassac became a cult wine from its first vintage in 1978. Based on cabernet sauvignon, the blend also includes diverse varieties such as tannat, nebbiolo, barbera and dolcetto. The wild, traditionally farmed vines are planted in small, roughly 1ha parcels, the size that could be worked with a horse and plough in one day. Each parcel is surrounded by trees and hedging to promote biodiversity. Due to the inclusion of non-authorised varieties, the wines are released as Vins de Pays de l’Herault, a category that belies their extraordinary longevity – both red and white cuvées are famed for their ability to remain youthful and vibrant for over twenty years.

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