Mas de Daumas Gassac

Despite its modest designation and location, the vineyard has received widespread acknowledgement, described by The Times to taste like a "Latour" and by the French gastronomic guide GaultMillau as the "Lafite Rothschild of the Languedoc-Roussillon", it is frequently referred to as the Grand cru of the Languedoc.

[1][2][3] On land sold by the Daumas family to a former glove manufacturer, Aimé Guibert, wines were first planted at this vineyard in 1974.

Following the recommendation of Henri Enjalbert, a professor of geography at the University of Bordeaux, whose assessment of the terroir determined the microclimate to be uncharacteristically favourable for cultivation of wine in such a warm region, the first vintage was produced in 1978 with the assistance of the oenologist Émile Peynaud.

The white varieties are mostly Chardonnay, Viognier and Petit Manseng, but also Marsanne, Roussanne, Chenin blanc, Sercial and Muscat.

[4] The red Grand vin Mas de Daumas Gassac has an annual production of 120,000 to 150,000 bottles.