CEDGB22BT Contre Mas de Daumas Gassac Blanc 2022 Standard

Vintage 2022 (37th VINTAGE)

Technical sheet

Denomination:

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

GRAPE VARIETIES:

Viognier 48% (origin of the vine: Georges Vernay – Condrieu).
Manseng 13% (origin of the vine: Charles Hours – Béarn).
Chardonnay 13% (origin of the vine: Comtes Lafon).
Chenin Blanc 9% (origin of the vine: Domaine Huet – Vouvray).
Rare varieties 17%: Marsanne, Roussanne, Petit Courbu, Muscat Petit grain, Muscat d’Alexandrie, Gros Manseng, Semillon (France), Fiano (Italie).

CLIMATE:

2022 was characterized by a cold winter and then, a summer of drought with extreme heat. On Tuesday 16 August, a storm redesigned the profile of the vintage by bringing 80 mm of rain to the vineyard. A real blessing for the coming harvest: it pushed the phenolic ripeness and brought an exceptional freshness to the grapes.

HARVEST DATES:

29 August – 02 September (5 days)

TYPE OF SOIL:

White Lutetian Limestone.

Vinification:

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

MATURING:

4 months in stainless steel tank.

Residual sugar:

6.4g

PH:

3,28

HARVEST:

100% Manual.

YIELD:

25 hl/ ha

ALCOHOL BY VOL.:

13,4% Vol.

TOTAL ACIDITY:

3.56

HARVEST NEWS

The 2022 harvest, the most spread out in time!

The climate change led us to adopt a new strategy: we started harvesting by the Frizant grape varieties, then the White and finally the Red, instead of a mixed programme.

The 2022 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.