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:
3,44
TOTAL ACIDITY:
3,90
YIELD:
25 hl/ha.
ALCOHOL BY VOL.:
12,5 % vol.
Folin:
44
HARVEST
It’s common knowledge among all wine producers ! Each ten years there’s a “great harvest” ; one that produces not just superb quality grapes, but result in an exceptional vintage ! Oddly enough, at Daumas Gassac, our ten year ‘greats’ were in 1978, 1988, 1998. Now we’ve had a wonderful surprise !
The ten year cycle has come round again in 2008. The 2008 White has incredible finesse, hugely rich aromas.
Half way through the harvest, the 2008 Red already looks outstanding : elegant, opulent, fleshy, full bodied … definitely one to lay down.