Vintage Mas de Daumas Gassac Blanc 2008 Half Bottle

We are very proud to have Mas de Daumas Gassac’s wines on our portfolio. Having believed in making wine in what was a farming county many decades ago, their belief in the region paid off with them proving the soil and terroir could make outstanding wine. Now generations on, they are well regarded as the ‘first growth of the Languedoc’ with their flagship, complex Estate wines and now a much more affordable everyday range.

As with the famous Mas de Daumas Estate Red, this top Languedoc white combines an eclectic range of 20 grape varieties to create masses of complexity. Viognier, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc and Petit Manseng are the main backbone and character, but the other 16 are a mind-boggling collection of deliciousness. Incredibly, all of them are vinified separately and the wine is assembled when ready.

This 2008 half bottle is in its perfect drinking window. Rich, peachy honeyed flavours from the Viognier and Chardonnay are balanced by the freshness and minerality of the Chenin and Petit Manseng; it has everything: aromatics, body and texture, freshness, precision and length. With a little time, these come together. As a young wine, it delivers intense, exotic fruit, with superb minerality and with age it has more developed dried fruit, toasty and spice notes.