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91 JG.
"The 2007 vintage of Mas de Daumas Gassac rouge is impressively low octane, coming in at 12.5 percent alcohol and offering up beautiful complexity on both the nose and palate. The bouquet shows quite a bit of old school claret character, wafting from the glass in a fine blend of cassis, cigar ash, complex soil tones, a touch of tobacco leaf, but with some additional exotic overtones of wild fennel, charred wood and dried lavender. On the palate the wine is full-bodied and quite suave on the attack at age ten, with a good core of fruit, fine soil signature, moderate tannins and very good length and grip on the complex finish. The backend shows some of the Mediterranean character of this wine, with a bit of road tar (perhaps from the Italian varietals included in the cépages?), plenty of soil signature and a touch of backend bitterness that recalls chicory. I really like this wine, which is quite unique in personality." John Gilman, View From the Cellar #69, Jun 2017 |