Mas de Daumas Gassac Pays d'Herault IGP Pont de Gassac 2022 070226CHILL and the citrusy

and the citrusy

or on a picnic blanket in the park

whose family has spent nearly twenty years stewarding benchland sites at the foot of the Mayacamas first planted in the 1870s — the same stretch of Napa that made the region's reputation

fruits and spices in a neutral

Each distilled in a single year

Mas de Daumas Gassac Pays d'Herault IGP Pont de Gassac 2022 070226CHILL and the citrusyFrom the importer: 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 25% Syrah 20 day maceration and fermentation with regular pumping over. Aged 9 10 months in stainless steel vats Produced primarily from the younger estate vines, complemented with some purchased fruit, we were very impressed with this little Gassac wine. Dark ruby red hews coat the glass of this expressive, complex and spicy wine. The tannins are ripe and well integrated with a nice gritty