Mas de Daumas Gassac wines owe their very being to Professor Emile Peynaud! So it’s only right that our greatest wine should be named in his honour! It’s a tribute to the man who taught us everything, the man who unveiled the art of creating a wine in the image of the great terroir that is the Gassac Valley.
Classic Medoc vinification, long fermentation and maceration. No filtration.
TYPE OF SOIL:
Red Glacial deposits.
Âges moyen des vignes
Planted in 1972.
MATURING:
24 months in oak barrel: 12 months in new oak barrel and 12 months in one and two years old barrel.
Ph:
3,46
TOTAL ACIDITY:
3,53
YIELD:
25 hl/ha.
ALCOHOL BY VOL.:
12,5 % vol.
Folin:
63
HARVEST
Our Area around Aniane and up to the hills of Villeveyrac and Sete wasn’t affected by any storms nor any torrential rain. Less than 50 kms as a crow flies, our vigneron friends from Sommières suffered huge damage, while we were grape pciking under shy but kindly sunshine….