Author: Dirk Chan
Our online feature this week is the Moulin de Gassac Guilhem Rouge (Languedoc-Roussillon, France) – $15.99 regularly $20.49.
In 1971 Véronique Guibert de la Vaissière and her husband Aimé fell under the spell of an old abandoned farmhouse in the Gassac valley in southern France, near the old abbey of Aniane, in the hinterland of the Hérault and Mas de Daumas Gassac thus was born.
In the early 90s, the Guibert family took on a new challenge: to create a more accessible wine collection. The fortuitous discovery of great terroirs on the amphitheatre site of Villeveyrac in the Hérault, gave rise to an unprecedented co-op partnership with the winegrowers of the Villeveyrac cellar – a partnership that continues to this day. From then on, the Mas de Daumas Gassac and Moulin de Gassac families joined forces and created a parcel selection involving some thirty winegrowers.
Our feature this week is their Guilhem Rouge, an easy-going red blend of Syrah, Grenache and Carignan – offering aromas of dark cherries and currants with layers of baked earth and sweet spices woven in between. The bright fruit and peppery spices cascade over the medium-weighted palate and are supported by creamy tannins giving way to a soft-textured, approachable finish – a perfect everyday sipper that’s ideal with light meals, mixed salads and grilled fare.
Moulin de Gassac Guilhem Rouge (Languedoc-Roussillon, France) – $15.99, regularly $20.49.