- Colour White
- Producer Mas de Daumas Gassac
- Region Vin de Pays de l'Herault
- Grape Chardonnay / Viognier / Petit Manseng
- Drinking 2010 - 2015
- Case size 12x37.5cl
- Available Now
2009 - Mas de Daumas Gassac Blanc Vin de Pays de l'Hérault - 12x37.5cl
- Colour White
- Producer Mas de Daumas Gassac
- Region Vin de Pays de l'Herault
- Grape Chardonnay / Viognier / Petit Manseng
- Drinking 2010 - 2015
- Case size 12x37.5cl
- Available Now
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Goedhuis, September 2009
Unlike other domaines, Mas de Daumas offers their white wine really En Primeur. That is, before it's even been completely finished. But their quality is always excellent and the 2009 looks to be a very good vintage which will deliver lots of fruit and concentration. Stylistically, they feel that it will most likely have the fleshiness of 2006 with the refined precision of 2008.
Producer
Mas de Daumas Gassac
In the 1970s, a Parisian glove manufacturer named Aimé Guibert was looking for a calmer life. He purchased property at the bottom of a valley that was once an ancient Gallo-Roman settlement. Surrounded by thick, garrigue scrub and glacial, mineral-rich earth, it seemed a perfect site for viticulture...that is, to Bordeaux oenologist Henri Enjalbert. He convinced Aimé to plant grapes and with the help of oenologist extraordi...Read more
In the 1970s, a Parisian glove manufacturer named Aimé Guibert was looking for a calmer life. He purchased property at the bottom of a valley that was once an ancient Gallo-Roman settlement. Surrounded by thick, garrigue scrub and glacial, mineral-rich earth, it seemed a perfect site for viticulture...that is, to Bordeaux oenologist Henri Enjalbert. He convinced Aimé to plant grapes and with the help of oenologist extraordinaire, Émile Peynaud, he began producing wine. Despite their southern France location, they have a markedly unique micro-climate. Housed in a deep valley, cool air is drawn down from the mountains, particularly in the summer evenings, creating extraordinary, daily temperature swings ranging from 0 - 30'C. As a result, they are able to grow a plethora of varieties successfully from both cool and warm areas including Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay, Viognier and Petit Manseng for the white and Cabernet Sauvignon, Nebbiolo, Tempranillo, Pinot Noir and Tannat for the red - all the while attaining excellent ripeness while retaining the varieties fresh acidity. With their extraordinary terroir and determination, they have over the years established a reputation as the "Grand Cru of the Languedoc". Anyone who has tasted them would most likely concur. These are truly exciting wines worth discovering.Read less

Region
Vin de Pays de l'Herault
Originally intended to denote simple country wines that showed broad regional characteristics, the Vin de Pays category now includes many shining stars that fall outside the strict appellation regulations. Herault is a Departmental Vin de Pays covering the region surrounding Montpellier on the Mediterranean coast of France. Largely producing red wines from the classic southern grape varieties (Grenache, Syrah, Carignan, etc), a few rosés and whites can also be found. The most celebrated wines from the area, both with a cult following, are Mas de Daumas Gassac and La Grange des Peres.