Daumas Gassac / Aime Guibert: Mas de Daumas Gassac 2018

Trækasse

: Cabernet Sauvignon 80%, Malbec 10%, Merlot 10%

: rød, tør; 14,0% Vol.; Drikkemoden: 2021–2039; Pakket ind i: 12 OHK

: voluminøs og kraftfuld; struktureret; frugt-orienteret

: Lobenberg: 96+/100; Jeb Dunnuck: 97/100; Galloni: 93/100; Decanter: 93/100

: Frankrig, Languedoc, Herault

: Allergener: Sulfitter,

Tapperi / Importør: Daumas Gassac / Aime Guibert, Haute Vallee du Gassac, 34150 Aniane, FRANKREICH

For første gang i et par år rigtig flot igen, næsten stor! 2018 gør det muligt, næsten californisk fra store højder, eller også minder den om Pessac Leognan med den smukke mørkerøde frugt, noget i retning af Domaine de Chevallier. Ikke desto mindre udstråler den Languedocs vildskab. Daumas Gassac, denne gamle Cabernet-pioner med sine nu meget gamle vinstokke, som endda var modellen for sin direkte kultnabo Grange des Peres, er "tilbage i verdensklassen". Mørk rubinrød farve med sorte refleksioner. Ren Cabernet-frugt, solbær, lidt brombær og kirsebær, et lille strejf af tjære, provencalske urter og krydderier. Ren frugt i smagen, meget direkte uden antydning af syltetøj, medium krop, fyldig, modne tanniner, fløjl og silke, meget elegant og klassisk trods al sin kraft, viser altid smuk friskhed. 2018 kan næsten måle sig med de store årgange 2016, 2009 og 2005, en stor vin. 96+/100

Jeb Dunnuck om: Mas de Daumas Gassac

Harmonious, accessible, and very elegant, the 2018 IGP Saint-Guilhem-Le-Désert Cité D’Aniane unfolds complex and delicate notes of blood orange, clove, clementine, cranberry, aromatic herbs, garrigue, black fruit, elderberry, and a refreshing hint of mint. With a rough, velvety texture, it dances on the palate with an elegant, tweedy spirit, very well-balanced and wonderfully fresh. In short, this is a wine with attitude, supple and harmonious, but also rough around the edges, a little like Uma Thurman in Kill Bill. Whether drunk now or kept for later, it still has a bright future ahead of it. Drink 2025-2045.

Galloni om: Mas de Daumas Gassac

The 2018 Rouge opens with a burst of sweet red and purplish fruit that is immediately alluring. Medium in body and silky, the 2018 impresses with its understated finesse and total class. The 2018 can be enjoyed today for its primary fruit, but I would prefer to cellar it for a few years to gain a bit more nuance. It is such a pretty and effusive wine. Bright acids and persistent tannins, both Gassac signatures, linger.93/100

Decanter om: Mas de Daumas Gassac

The 2018 vintage was, like 2019, a warm one in which the Cabernet (76%) excelled. This dark but not quite opaque black-red wine has outstanding aromas: distinctive blackcurrant notes, but suffused by sweet southern breezes and a hint of pine and cade, offering a sense of purity but plushness and richness, too. On the palate, the wine is sweet yet pure and fresh enough to be mouthwatering, too, with the innate grain and complexity given by the vineyards and the inimitable blend. Light, stealthy tannins, as ever. A fine Mas de Daumas red with a long life ahead. 93/100

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