Deep and spicy, beef stock and leather, vestiges of red berry fruit and a touch of honey, fresh and lively, mature but with still integrated acidity, firm but not drying tannins, eucalyptus finish. A very good bottle, the last from my stock, much more vibrant than the bottle during the recent vertical tasting.
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Mas de Daumas Gassac Tasting and Dinner (Restaurant De Lage Vuursche, Lage Vuursche, NL): Single decant directly before serving. The most delicate of all the vintages tasted today but still fresh and not fragile, the acidity is just turning a bit metallic and the aromas are borderline overripe, but the wine is combination with the refined hare dish was inspired.
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Good level (app. 3 cm below the cork), soft and disintegrating cork. Fully mature appearance, mahogany rim; light and clean nose, fresh but without much fruit, cedary and honeyed, spicy warmth; the palate is bolt upright after 36 years, fresh and lively, with firm tannic grip, and although it has lost a lot of weight it is not drying; light and clean finish, develops a hint of banana. On its last legs, drink up. Remarkably, the second half of the bottle which I kept overnight just below room temperature, was completely intact 24 hours later, perhaps even just that bit more energetic. Three bottles left.
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Old bottle just come to me, decanted about 45 mins before tasting. Past peak, with little fruit left but still balanced, savoury palate and high toned nose. Not overly tannic. Drink
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Medium dark red with pink edges. Bright red fruit, earth, mushroom, leather and herb nose. Seems much younger then 36:years old. Delicious textured dry cherry, cranberry and herb flavours. The finish is very long and perfectly balanced.
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(Mas de Daumas Gassac) Group's #5 (my #2) – 51 pts.; 1, 1, 1, 1 – dark bricking red violet color with clear meniscus; earthy red fruit, porcini and roasted meat nose; nice tart plum, black fruit and charcoal palate with sweet plum notes; medium-plus finish
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3/6/2020 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 93 Points
Deep and spicy, beef stock and leather, vestiges of red berry fruit and a touch of honey, fresh and lively, mature but with still integrated acidity, firm but not drying tannins, eucalyptus finish. A very good bottle, the last from my stock, much more vibrant than the bottle during the recent vertical tasting.
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2/9/2020 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 Points
Mas de Daumas Gassac Tasting and Dinner (Restaurant De Lage Vuursche, Lage Vuursche, NL): Single decant directly before serving. The most delicate of all the vintages tasted today but still fresh and not fragile, the acidity is just turning a bit metallic and the aromas are borderline overripe, but the wine is combination with the refined hare dish was inspired.
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10/21/2019 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 Points
Good level (app. 3 cm below the cork), soft and disintegrating cork. Fully mature appearance, mahogany rim; light and clean nose, fresh but without much fruit, cedary and honeyed, spicy warmth; the palate is bolt upright after 36 years, fresh and lively, with firm tannic grip, and although it has lost a lot of weight it is not drying; light and clean finish, develops a hint of banana. On its last legs, drink up. Remarkably, the second half of the bottle which I kept overnight just below room temperature, was completely intact 24 hours later, perhaps even just that bit more energetic. Three bottles left.
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7/16/2019 - brittain Likes this wine: 90 Points
Old bottle just come to me, decanted about 45 mins before tasting. Past peak, with little fruit left but still balanced, savoury palate and high toned nose. Not overly tannic. Drink
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4/19/2019 - David J Cooper wrote: 95 Points
Medium dark red with pink edges. Bright red fruit, earth, mushroom, leather and herb nose. Seems much younger then 36:years old. Delicious textured dry cherry, cranberry and herb flavours. The finish is very long and perfectly balanced.
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