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2012 Mas de Daumas Gassac, Rouge, Library Release, St Guilhem-le-Désert, Cité d’Aniane, Languedoc-Roussillon

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Other Varieties
Ready - youthful
Julia Harding MW
17/20
Andrew Jefford
92/100
Product: 20128067560
2012 Mas de Daumas Gassac, Rouge, Library Release, St Guilhem-le-Désert, Cité d’Aniane, Languedoc-Roussillon
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2012
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Other Varieties
Body Full Bodied
Producer Mas de Daumas Gassac

Critics reviews

Julia Harding MW 17/20
75.6% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5.5% Merlot, 4.4% Tannat, 3.9% Cabernet Franc, 1.8% Malbec, 1.8% Pinot Noir, 7% rare varieties.This has become more meaty alongside the black fruit but also has become fragrant with a herbal garrigue scent. Still firm but more chalky than dense. Very dark-flavoured on the finish and rather closed for now.Drink 2019 - 2027julia_harding MW, JancisRobinson.com (December 2017)
Drink 2019 - 2027
Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com (Dec 2017)
Andrew Jefford 92/100
Like the 2013, this was not a notably ripe Mas de Daumas Gassac, but it's an outstanding vintage nonetheless, thanks to its aromatic finesse, complexity, and fine-sewn flavour contours. Black fruits are joined by raspberry, sweet tobacco leaf and fine leather. The concentration is impressive, and vibrant fruit-saturated acidity makes for a highly energetic, almost athletic style.Drink 2018 - 2027Andrew Jefford, Decanter.com (April 2018)
Drink 2019 - 2027
Andrew Jefford, Decanter.com (Apr 2018)

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Other Varieties

There are over 200 different grape varieties used in modern wine making (from a total of over 1000). Most lesser known blends and varieties are traditional to specific parts of the world.
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Mas de Daumas Gassac

Famously described as the ‘First Growth of the Languedoc’, Mas De Daumas Gassac remains unique in the region.  The world-famous red is an intriguing blend of Cabernet Sauvignon along with a mix of indigenous and more unusual varieties from the south of France, such as Grenache, Cinsualt and Tempranillo. Mas De Daumas Gassac Blanc is a similarly fascinating blend of grape varieties, with Chardonnay and Viognier taking centre stage. Lauded across the wine world, not for nothing is this Domaine named the Lafite of the Languedoc.
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