1989 Mas de Daumas Gassac

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  8/12/2023 - Fausto_Coppi Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Medium cherry red, tawny / clearing rim. Stylish, oaky nose with liquorice and cinnamon aromas. Palate is elegant, well balanced mix of red cherry, damson fruit with green leaf and green tomato elements. Fully mature, stylish acidity and light tannins add to the high quality.

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  12/16/2021 - pjvdg wrote: 94 Points

  First bottle of 6 acquired from a private collector recently. It has been kept in a damp cool cellar and is in perfect condition. The rear label is slightly damaged. Colour is dark garnet and not clear. On the nose it blew me away and still quite fresh, herbaceous, chocolate, jammy and something savoury. The palate is truly amazing. Lovely tannins balanced by good acidity. Palate is savoury and more mature than on the nose. Very elegant. Beautiful.

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  7/17/2021 - Klugi Wine wrote: 94 Points

  Astonishing wine drinking really nice right now. Besides some tertiary notes, truffles, umami their is still a lot of fruit with cherries. Very structured with ripe tannins. Drinks perfectly now, but should keep for another decade.

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  9/8/2020 - forceberry wrote: 96 Points

  A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (67%), Syrah (14%), Malbec (7%), Merlot (6%), Cabernet Franc (1,8%), Tannat (1,7%), Pinot Noir (1,5%) and the remaining 1% rounded out by a blend of Barbera, Dolcetto and Nebbiolo from Italy. Fermented and macerated for 20 days in stainless steel tanks, aged for 12-15 months in oak barrels ranging from new to 7 years old. 13% alcohol, 5,7 g/l acidity and pH 3,6. Total production 68,000 bottles, 1,000 magnums and 56 larger-format bottles. Decanted for 3,5 hours, tasted in a Mas de Daumas Gassac 2017-1989 vertical.
  
  Evolved, quite deep and moderately translucent dark red color with a tertiary rusted iron hue. Big, ripe and dark-toned nose with very complex aromas of licorice, wizened plums, ripe blackcurrants, dried dark berries and raisiny tones, some herbaceous leafy tones, light gamey notes, a little bit of sweet smoke, a hint of dried flowers and a lifted touch of ethery VA. Lots of everything here. The wine is rich, savory and textural on the palate with a full body and dry flavors of crunchy cranberries, meaty umami, some blood, a little bit of sour cherry bitterness, light brambly notes of black raspberries, a juicy hint of fresh dark plums and a touch of roasted game. The structure relies as much on the high acidity as it does on the firm and still moderately grippy medium tannins. The finish is long, tertiary and somewhat grippy with long, layered flavors of sour cherry bitterness, crunchy cranberries, some gamey meat, a little bit of tart red plums, a little bit of graphite, oxidative hints of soy sauce and beef jerky and a touch of sweet, pruney fruit.
  
  A beautiful and remarkably powerful vintage of Mas de Daumas Gassac that - despite its age - feels bigger and more concentrated than any of the vintages from the 1990's. I wonder if this vintage is an outlier, or if the MdDG wines were made in a bolder style back in the 1980's? One person in the tasting said that when they had a MdDG vertical in the 1990's, the wines from the 80's came across as more powerful and concentrated whereas the 90's wines seemed more delicate and refined in style, but it was too early to assess due to the young age of the wines. However, this 1989 vintage would corroborate to his theory. All in all, this was a very impressive, textural and muscular effort that is now at its peak. Drink or keep; I imagine the wine will keep good for many more years, but I doubt it will evolve much or at all from here, so further cellaring is not necessary. Very highly recommended.

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  9/8/2020 - Lype Likes this wine:

  Powerful and fleshy, ample fruit, good balance among fruit, acidity and still present tannins, very impressive and good, drinking well now.

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