– 33% Chardonnay.
– 32% Viognier (origin of the vine: Georges Vernay – Condrieu).
– 29% Petit Manseng (origin of the vine: Charles Hours – Béarn).
– 6% rare grape varieties: Marsanne, Roussanne, Petit Courbu, Muscat Petit grain (France).

CLIMATE:

Early flowering in May, pleasant spring weather with good showers then a great heat wave hit at just the right time, all adding up to an unusually early harvest.

Dénomination:
Vin de Pays de l’Hérault.

HARVEST:
100% Manual.

HARVEST DATES:
27 August – 30 August 1994 (4 days).

Vinification:

Skin maceration for 5 to 7 days, fermentation in stainless steel tank.

TYPE OF SOIL:
White Lutetian Limestone.

Âges moyen des vignes
22 years old.

MATURING:
2 – 4 months in stainless steel tank.

Ph:
3.48

TOTAL ACIDITY:
3.50

Residual sugar:
1.3g

YIELD:
30 hl/ha

ALCOHOL BY VOL.:
12.53% Vol.

HARVEST

Maturity reached for the whites on August 16. Very loose grapes with very few berries; each berry ripe to the core on all sides; huge skins, expressing very ripe, very musky, very wild tastes, very Daumas Gassac.

TASTING HINTS

The two lives of Mas de Daumas Gassac White Wine

Laid down in a cool cellar (14°-16°C, 57-60°F) even the oldest can happily wait with no problem for many years. However, being laid down in warmer temperatures will speed up the wines’ maturity.

First life

To taste within the first three years if you appreciate wonderful fruity flavours.
Drink our white wines as an aperitif or with a meal. They drink beautifully with most dishes.

Second life

Quite a different wine from the third or fourth year! Its youthful fruitiness will have disappeared, to be replaced by new flavours reminiscent of “sherry” or old “Sauternes”, a touch “oxidative” with great finesse.
Take care: if you are not looking for this type of wine, slightly paradoxical as it ages, drink our white wines within the first couple of years.

Tasting hints
– Serve around 10-12°C (51°F). Do not over chill.
– Open the bottle an hour before serving, but always replace the cork. Decanting encourages wines to express their full complexity but, always replace the stopper.

Mas de Daumas Gassac White 1994

Technical sheet

HARVEST

TASTING HINTS

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