1988 Mas de Daumas Gassac

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  11/12/2023 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 96 Points

  A magnificent Mas de Daumas Gassac vertical from the private cellars of Allard Jakobs (Restaurant Sinck, Amsterdam, NL): Magnum. For me the greatest vintage of Gassac ever, and this bottle convincingly confirms this impression. Perfectly developed but still with potential, still so fresh, spices and fruit and flowers, subtle terroir expression, mild but firm tannins, powerful but with almost Burgundian elegance, there is real beauty here, everything is in the right place. A wine that makes you go silent. Not quite as magical as the bottle in 2021 but clearly of the highest order.

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  12/19/2022 - François1986 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Assez similaire à ma précédente note.
  
  Celle-ci était légèrement un peu plus évoluées sur les notes tertiaires (cuir) mais quelle finesse et fraicheur.
  
  Un très belle bouteille à maturité.

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  12/30/2021 - François1986 Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Splendide robe rubis vers vermillon d'intensité moyennement pâle.
  
  A l'ouverture le nez est d'une extrême délicatesse de poivron rouge confit, cassis, myrtille, fougère, ronce, cèdre, essence de bois noble, tabac froid. Le nez évolue ensuite vers les épices douces, fleur séché, pot-pourri. Le végétal reprend encore ensuite le dessus.
  
  La bouche est selon moi à son apogée : puissante tout en étant fine, légère et aérienne. Les tannins sont superbes, savoureux en collant aux gencives. L'acidité encore présente est la colonne vertébrale jusqu'à la finale.
  
  Je pense que j'ouvrirai la suivante assez vite.

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  1/11/2021 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 98 Points

  Pristine bottle, level 1.5cm below the perfect cork, purchased in 1991 and kept in my own 12C cellar ever since. Decanted for 30 minutes. I remain convinced that the 1988 is Aimé Guibert's masterpiece. This blend of 70% Cabernet-Sauvignon and 30% Malbec, Merlot, Syrah, Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir and Tannat has everything. At this stage it is a putative blend of Château Latour and Château Haut-Brion, with a drop of Rousseau Chambertin. Yes, it is that good, with a remarkable freshness, exemplary balance (12.7% ABV), and a beguiling elegance, fragrance and warmth. Effortless brilliance. A perfect bottle, at perfect peak. We were blessed today. One bottle left, but I will be looking out for a perfectly kept magnum - they bottled 1,200 of them. Or maybe one of the 36 jeroboams or 12 Mathusalems...

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  7/28/2018 - redders Likes this wine: 93 Points

  A superb bottle drunk alongside the 1989 which this just edged.. Still deep red, profound nose with fruit and garrigue, great depth and intensity. Fruit followed through on palate with intense minerality and earth in mid palate. A long fresh lifted finish. Really delicious.

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