Way back in 780 CE, Charlemagne’s advisor, Saint Benedict of Aniane, founded the first vineyard in the Gassac valley. Indeed, there are good reasons to believe that he introduced Charlemagne to some of the valley’s early wines. Thus, in common with most truly great wines, the Daumas Gassac Grands Crus were born under the aegis of a prestigious Abbey.
1970: Whilst searching for a family home in the Hérault hinterland, Véronique and Aimé GU...
The wine makers were anxious to conserve the wild beauty of the High Valley du Gassac, most especially the wild garrigue. That’s why the vines are planted in magical glades hidden in the dense, forest-like garrigue that dominates the countryside. Some 50 types of vine grow in these clearings - a total of 50 hectares.
Much of the incredible complexity of Daumas Gassac wines stems from the perfumes of the rich Mediterranean wild plants and he...
The cellars were formed in the foundations of a Gallo-Roman mill; they now house 400 Merrain oak Bordeaux and Burgundy barrels; one in seven is replaced each year.
There are two cold water springs under the cellar’s floor, nature’s own air conditioning system, which slows the alcohol fermentation down to between 8 – 10 days.This slow process means the complex savours have time to develop, something that doesn’t happen with modern high-tech ...
MOULIN DE GASSAC : A selection from some of Languedoc’s best terroirs.
Disastrous Brussels subsidies meant that the best hillside vines were being dug out. It had to be stopped. For as the old vines disappeared, the typically Languedocien vineyards were being submerged in a wave of standardised mediocrity which was swamping the world wine markets at the end of the last century.
In 1991 the Guibert family, who were violently opposed to th...
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