Mas de Daumas Gassac

Mas de Daumas Gassac White 2015

VINTAGE 2015
n°30
VINTAGE 2015
n°30

Technical sheet

GRAPE VARIETIES:

– 27% Petit Manseng (origin of the vine: Charles Hours – Béarn).
– 25% Viognier (origin of the vine: Georges Vernay – Condrieu).
– 16% Chenin Blanc (origin of the vine: Domaine Huet – Vouvray).
– 15% Chardonnay (origin of the vine: Comptes Lafon).
– 17% rare grape varieties : Bourboulenc, Marsanne, Roussanne, Petit Courbu, Muscat Ottonel, Muscat Petit grain, Muscat d’Alexandrie, Gros Manseng, Semillon (France).
Neherleschol (Israël), Petite Arvine, Amigne (Suisse), Sercial de Madère (Portugal), Khondorni, Tchilar (Arménie), Albarino (Espagne), Falanghina, Fiano, Grechetto todi (Italie).

CLIMATE:

Dry winter and spring, followed by an exceedingly hot summer and just the right amount of rain in August meant we were able to pick grapes at an ideal maturity.

Dénomination:
IGP St Guilhem-le-Désert – Cité d’Aniane.
HARVEST:
100% Manual.
HARVEST DATES:
7 September – 10 September 2015 (3.5 days).
Vinification:

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

TYPE OF SOIL:
White Lutetian Limestone.
Âges moyen des vignes
33
MATURING:
2 – 4 months in stainless steel tank.
Ph:
3,32
TOTAL ACIDITY:
3,98.
Residual sugar:
12g
YIELD:
35 hl/ha.
ALCOHOL BY VOL.:
13,30% Vol.

HARVEST

From 31 August to 23 September 2015

Sunday 25 August 2015… The whole team is ready to start !
Students, friends and fans of the Domaine from all over the world (13 different nationalities) made up the fifty or so pickers, starting the 2015 harvest. Together with the vineyard teams and those in the cellars, about 70 took part in the birth of the 2015 vintage …

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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