Vintage 2016 (31th VINTAGE)

Technical sheet

Denomination:

IGP St Guilhem-le-Désert – Cité d’Aniane.

TYPE OF SOIL:

White Lutetian Limestone.

GRAPE VARIETIES:

– 27% Viognier (origin of the vine: Georges Vernay – Condrieu).
– 25% Petit Manseng (origin of the vine: Charles Hours – Béarn).
– 21% Chardonnay (origin of the vine: Comptes Lafon).
– 13% 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), Fiano (Italie).

CLIMATE:

Spring was rainy and cool. A very sunny summer followed, with no rainfalls after early June, but was marked by intense heat last week of August and first week of September.
This weather allowed the grapes to reach maturity evenly throughout the vineyard.

HARVEST DATES:

4 September – 7 September 2016.

Vinification:

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

MATURING:

2 – 4 months in stainless steel tank.

Residual Sugar:

6.2g.

PH:

3,22

HARVEST:

100% Manual

YIELD:

30hl/ ha

ALCOHOL BY VOL.:

14% Vol.

TOTAL ACIDITY:

4.04.

HARVEST NEWS

The harvest started on 4th September this year, and finished on 18th September. 42 pickers worked for a total of 14 days!

The 2016 Harvest News

DRINK OR LAY DOWN

EVOLUTION OF THE VINTAGES & TASTING ADVICE

Drink or Lay Down

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.