Mas de Daumas Gassac

Mas de Daumas Gassac White 2024

To be drunk young (in the first 18 months) to appreciate its magnificent minerality and very complex fruit aromas. Alternatively, to be kept at least from 4 to 12 years to discover a very rich wine with notes of honey and crystallized fruits.

Delicious by itself as an aperitif or with oysters, foie gras or any grilled fish.

Best if served between 11°C and 12°C. A truly unique experience!

VINTAGE 2024
n°39
VINTAGE 2024
n°39

Technical sheet

GRAPE VARIETIES:

– 35% Viognier (origin of the vine: Georges Vernay – Condrieu).
– 29% Chardonnay (origin of the vine: Comtes Lafon).
– 13% Petit Manseng (origin of the vine: Charles Hours – Béarn).
– 10% Chenin Blanc (origin of the vine: Domaine Huet – Vouvray).
– 6% Muscat Petit grain
– 7% Rare varieties : Sauvignon, Marsanne, Roussanne, Petit Courbu, Muscat d’Alexandrie, Gros Manseng, Semillon (France), Fiano (Italie).

CLIMATE:

The 2024 vintage has been marked by fine rainfall during the spring, spaced out over time to provide an ideal feed to the vines. This year was marked by a hot but not scorching summer in the Gassac region. The rain in August and the 105mm in September brought superb ripeness, resulting in a very heterogeneous vintage between the start and the end of the harvest.

Dénomination:
IGP Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert - Cité d’Aniane
HARVEST:
100% Manual
HARVEST DATES:
28 August – 05 September 2023
Vinification:

Skin maceration for 2 to 3 days, fermentation in stainless steel vat

TYPE OF SOIL:
White Lutecian Limestone
Âges moyen des vignes
36 years old
MATURING:
4 months in stainless steel tank
Ph:
3,34
TOTAL ACIDITY:
3,30
Residual sugar:
2,9g.
YIELD:
26 hl/ha
ALCOHOL BY VOL.:
13,5% Vol.

HARVEST

The 2024 harvest, a singular vintage! This forty-seventh harvest brought together 55 pickers from 15 different nationalities. It began on Wednesday 28th August (the same start date as last year’s) and ended on Friday 21st September.

TASTING HINTS

Best if served between 11°C and 12°C.

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.
To be drunk young (in the first 18 months) to appreciate its magnificent minerality and very complex fruit aromas. Alternatively, to be kept at least from 4 to 12 years to discover a very rich wine with notes of honey and crystallized fruits.
Delicious by itself as an aperitif or with oysters, foie gras or any grilled fish.
A truly unique experience!

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.

News from the Mas

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We are currently looking for pickers for the 2024 harvest – between late August and early September.
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* SIGN UP FOR 2025 HARVEST *

We’re recruiting!
We are currently looking for pickers for the 2024 harvest – between late August and early September.
Possibility of accommodation on site.

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