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Grande Réserve de Gassac Blanc 2016
Pays d'Herault IGP
View awards
- Gold, Concours des Vins Lyon, 2017
- Bronze, Decanter World Wine Awards, 2017
Mas de Daumas Gassac is renowned for its world class wines – critic Hugh Johnson calls it “the one First Growth of the Languedoc”. This crisp, exotically aromatic white captures the brilliance of the Guibert family’s Grand Vin at a modest price.
Mas de Daumas Gassac is renowned for its world class wines – critic Hugh Johnson calls it “the one First Growth of the Languedoc”. This crisp, exotically aromatic white captures the brilliance of the Guibert family’s Grand Vin at a modest price.
Beyond the Label
Tasting notes
Fragrant, herbal, peach and lemon with a clean, refreshing finish
Aroma
Herbal, floral and mineral notes marry with richer peach hints
More information
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White - Dry
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Pale green gold
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12.5% ABV
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9.38 Units
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750.00 ml
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31 May, 2019
The wine’s humble IGP status (equivalent of the old vin de pays) belies the fact that this lush, exotic fruit white is from some of southern France’s best terroir. In 1970 Aimé and Véronique Guibert, former glovemakers to European royalty, bought a chunk of the sleepy Gassac valley. They only discovered its true value when a visiting friend, the eminent geology professor Henri Enjalbert, remarked how the soil reminded him of the terroir in Burgundy’s Côte d’Or. This is now a top estate – some of its cuvées cost well over £100 – but the Guiberts’ son Samuel created this Réserve exclusively for us. It has all the pedigree of the top wine but at an affordable price. Complex, weighty and rich, it’s a fine match for white meats or fish pie.
For the 2014 vintage
