Mas de Daumas Gassac

Mas de Daumas Gassac White 2007

The 2007 vintage shows a fabulous brilliance of aromas and flavours thanks to a winemaker who has the modesty to obey nature and understand its message!

VINTAGE 2007
n°22
VINTAGE 2007
n°22

Technical sheet

GRAPE VARIETIES:

– 32% Viognier (origin of the vine: Georges Vernay – Condrieu).
– 29% Petit Manseng (origin des bois : Charles Hours – Béarn).
– 21% Chardonnay.
– 4% Chenin Blanc (origin of the vine: Domaine Huet – Vouvray).
– 14% rare grape varieties: Marsanne, Roussanne, Petit Courbu, Muscat Petit grain, Muscat d’Alexandrie, Gros Manseng, Semillon (France).

CLIMATE:

2007 would have been a special year; dry and warm, followed by strangely cool weather still with no rain, means it will be a mineral vintage, elegant, a vintage that owes more to the earth than the sky, a great vintage of the Terroir.

Dénomination:
Vin de Pays de l’Hérault.
HARVEST:
100% Manual.
HARVEST DATES:
22 August – 27 August 2007 (6 days).
Vinification:

Skin maceration for 5 to 7 days, fermentation in stainless steel tank.

TYPE OF SOIL:
White Lutetian Limestone.
Âges moyen des vignes
24 years old.
MATURING:
2 – 4 months in stainless steel tank.
Ph:
3,33
TOTAL ACIDITY:
3.33
Residual sugar:
6.8g
YIELD:
30 hl/ha
ALCOHOL BY VOL.:
13.09% Vol.

HARVEST

For Daumas Gassac, 2007 meant harvesting at one hundred days from half-bloom, instead of the traditional one hundred and twelve days, which have marked ripeness for many years; a real evolution that has astonished people outside the agricultural world.

TASTING HINTS

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.

Mas de Daumas Gassac
Haute Vallée du Gassac – 34150 ANIANE
contact@daumas-gassac.com |  04.67.57.71.28

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