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The 2006 vintage enriches the palette of Daumas Gassac vintages, with its unique and totally original style bearing the signature of an absolutely singular summer. A unique wine, full-bodied and suave, filled with rare and exquisite toasted flavors!
– 31% Petit Manseng (origin of the vine: Charles Hours – Béarn).
– 29% Viognier (origin of the vine: Georges Vernay – Condrieu).
– 23% Chardonnay.
– 2% Chenin Blanc (origin of the vine: Domaine Huet – Vouvray).
– 15% rare grape varieties : Marsanne, Roussanne, Petit Courbu, Muscat Petit grain, Muscat d’Alexandrie, Gros Manseng, Semillon (France).
To speak of the 2006 vintage is to speak of a marvel! A heatwave throughout June and July brought ripening forward, whilst a relatively cool August preserved the most subtle aromas.
A concentrated vintage, sumptuous, voluptuous in the mouth and ending incredibly soft and fruity.
Skin maceration for 5 to 7 days, fermentation in stainless steel tank.
In the wisdom of experience, we harvested very early, from August 20, before the wind and heat burned the aromas, to the benefit of excess alcohol. Thus, harvested in mid-August, Daumas Gassac 2006 boasts an alcohol level close to 12°70 and exquisite flavors that an excess of alcohol would have destroyed.
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.
