Mas de Daumas Gassac 2003 RED France

Hugh Johnson famously singled out Daumas Gassac as "the one first growth of the Languedoc" for its incredible flavour concentration and striking finesse - at a fraction of the cost of a Grand Cru claret! The genius behind this domaine located 18 miles west of Montpellier is Aime? Guibert who along with his wife purchased the estate in 1970. The soils are the very same type of porous soils that make up the best parts of the Medoc particularly the estates of Lafite-Rothschild and Latour. The wine gets much of it's character from the surrounding dense garrigue and terroir chemicals in the vineyard are avoided - and the vines now produce intense low yield fruit - the equivalent of one glass of wine per square metre of vine. Rich ripe and pure with a dense blackcurrant core and gorgeous black pepper spice and coffee notes. Decant and serve with a garlic rosemary and sea salt-encrusted leg of lamb.

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Merchant: Sunday Times Wine Club
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