2014 Vintage
HARVEST NEWS 2014 This year twelve different nationalities (Irish, Moroccan, French, Rumanian, English, Polish, American, German, Spanish, Portuguese …) made up the 38 strong picking team who joined our home based cellar team; all coming together to mark the birth of the 2014 vintage. The 2014 harvest took place between Monday 1 and Sunday 14 […]
2013 Vintage
HARVEST NEWS 2013 The 2013 harvest at Daumas Gassac started on Monday 16 September, the latest for 20 years! Our team of 36 grape pickers came from over 10 countries (Ireland, Morocco, France, Rumania, England, Poland …). They started with some Muscat and Sauvignon Blanc destined for a white grape juice (a new creation) and […]
2012 Vintage
HARVEST NEWS 2012 Tuesday 28 August The cold dry winter was followed by a cool, rainy spring. As a result, the plants took their time developing. The result : flowering was 15 – 20 days later than in 2011, the veraison (term used to describe the grapes’ changing colour) was similarly late. July was cool […]
2011 Vintage
HARVEST NEWS 2011 Basile GUIBERT, Harvesting manager How was the harvest this year ? : “Very intense… a lot of work to be done in 20 consecutive days in bright sunshine. At the end of the day the result is splendid, viognier, cabernet sauvignon, muscat…the grapes were magnificent.”” Grape picking by hand ? : “Yes, […]
2010 Vintage
HARVEST NEWS 2010 What a surprise! We started the harvest on the tenth of September 2010 whereas harvesting has been starting towards the end of August for the last ten years. We are back in the 1980’s ! It has been obvious since the end of fermentation that the red 2010 is an exceptional vintage, […]
2009 Vintage
HARVEST NEWS 2009 2009 SUMPTOUS WINE BORN OF THE SUN ! It’s a great vintage, quite unlike any other ! It was tremendously hot from June to September, peaking in the first fortnight of August. And although there was only a touch of rain, our land remained well watered from its winter soaking and our […]
2008 Vintage
HARVEST NEWS 2008 FIRST IMPRESSIONS ! 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 […]
