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Richly flavored with honey, Williams pear and tangy exotic aromas, brought out by our classic grape varieties.
And above all, delicious, refreshing finesse and lightness. A wonderfully elegant wine that avoids excess alcohol and heaviness.
– 35% Chardonnay.
– 35% Petit Manseng (origin of the vine: Charles Hours – Béarn).
– 16% Viognier (origin of the vine: Georges Vernay – Condrieu).
– 1% Chenin blanc (origin des bois : Domaine Huet – Vouvray).
– 13% rare grape varieties: Marsanne, Roussanne, Petit Courbu, Muscat Petit grain, Muscat d’Alexandrie, Gros Manseng, Semillon (France).
Rain early in the year (96 cms water) filled the underground aquifers and ensured the Gassac valley springs ran all summer until the end of September. A burning hot summer (40°C and more in the midday sun) lasted 8 weeks. But the grapes sheltered under foliage, so not one was burnt, not one leaf singed.
Skin maceration for 5 to 7 days, fermentation in stainless steel tank.
10 days early, a dream harvest, ripe grapes, thoroughly healthy, not one damaged or mis-shaped. “You have to listen to the vines; my master, Emile Peynaud, taught me that. So I alerted all our student grape-pickers and today, Tuesday August 26, the white grapes are in the vats; they’ll be fermenting tomorrow. We’ve never harvested so early in Aniane.” Aimé GUIBERT.
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.
