Daumas Gassac Rouge Cuvée Emile Peynaud 2002
Daumas Gassac Rouge Cuvée Émile Peynaud 2002 is a red wine from Domaine Daumas Gassac, produced under the IGP Hérault in Languedoc. This tribute cuvée to oenologist Émile Peynaud is crafted exclusively from Cabernet Sauvignon. The grapes are hand-harvested and vinified using a Médoc-style approach, with long fermentation and maceration without filtration. The wine is aged for 24 months in oak barrels, including 12 months in new barrels, followed by secondary aging in one- and two-year-old barrels.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Languedoc
- Appellation
- IGP de l'Herault
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Daumas Gassac
- Cuvée
- Cuvée Emile Peynaud
- Millésime
- 2002
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Domaine Daumas Gassac
Mas de Daumas Gassac is a family-run estate situated in Aniane, in the Hérault department, within the Gassac Valley. Founded by Aimé and Véronique Guibert in the early 1970s, it now comprises 50 hectares of vines planted in small plots within the garrigue. Its wines are produced under the Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert – Cité d’Aniane PGI.
- Owner
- Famille Guibert (Samuel, Gaël, Amélien, Roman et Basile Guibert)
- Maître de chais
- Samuel Guibert
- Surface (ha)
- 50.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 150 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
In 1971, Véronique and Aimé Guibert purchased an old farmhouse in the Gassac Valley, near Aniane. They were supported in their wine-growing venture by Henri Enjalbert, a geographer and specialist in vineyard geology, who recognised the potential of the site’s glacial gravel soils. In 1972, the couple planted 17,000 non-cloned Cabernet Sauvignon cuttings selected from Bordeaux estates. Between 1972 and 1978, a wine storehouse and a fermentation vat were built on the site of an ancient Gallo-Roman mill, situated above cold water springs. The first red vintage was vinified in 1978 with the guidance of Émile Peynaud, then bottled in 1980 as a table wine. The Rosé Frizant was created in 1981, followed by the estate’s first white wine in 1986. In 1991, Aimé Guibert launched Moulin de Gassac, a separate venture based on partnerships with local winegrowers. From the 2000s onwards, the couple’s five sons — Samuel, Gaël, Amélien, Roman and Basile — gradually joined the business. Following the death of Aimé Guibert in May 2016, they have jointly taken charge of managing the estate. Samuel Guibert runs the estate and oversees the winemaking process, with the support of Basile Guibert.
Cuvée Emile Peynaud
Red cuvée produced only in vintages deemed exceptional, made from uncloned Cabernet Sauvignon from a selected historical parcel. This poor, stony, and arid parcel is harvested and vinified separately. The estate presents this rare wine as the ultimate achievement of the Gassac valley.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- A tribute to Professor Émile Peynaud, who advised the estate's first vinification and passed on his vision of a wine faithful to its terroir.
- Cuvée creation year
- 2001
- Style of the cuvée
- Dense, powerful, structured Cabernet Sauvignon built for long-term aging, crafted following a Médoc-inspired vinification with long maceration, extended barrel aging, and no filtration.
- Position within the range
- Rare and prestigious single-parcel cuvee, presented by the estate as the greatest wine and the jewel of the Gassac valley.
Histoire de la cuvée
Created in 2001, this cuvée pays tribute to Émile Peynaud, advisor to Aimé Guibert from the very first vinification in 1978. It comes from the first parcel identified by Henri Enjalbert, planted with Cabernet Sauvignon in 1972. Its production is reserved for a few exceptional vintages.
