Visiting Mas Daumas Gassac with Aimé Guibert – Love that Languedoc Ep 18

Thanks for all your patience, Anglophones. I finally edited down the video from my visit with Aime Guibert AND I subtitled it. Some of the subtitles pass by a little bit too quickly, but you can use that pause button to your heart’s content (or watch it a hundred times). I think Aimé is just a fascinating character and I hope the edited down version retains all the charm, humor and tragedy of the original unedited footage of our Daumas Gassac tasting.

You should also note that I take some liberties in the translations. “Ils n’en ont rien à foutre” is somewhere between “They don’t give a shit” and “They don’t give a fuck.” I went with my gut, and my gut was being especially lewd.

Now, our car ride with Aimé was very fun, but we also had a treat waiting for us in the winery where we did a tasting of three Mas Daumas Gassac wines. These are wines that are very hard to taste so young, but very interesting. Over all, I was impressed but I really want to see where the wines go in ten years or so. I guess that’s kind of the magic of Daumas Gassac. Aimé Guibert was one of the first pioneers with the guts to say he could make a vin de pays de l’Herault that was good enough to make people cellar it for at least a decade. Enjoy!

The wines:
Mas Daumas Gassac Rosé Frizant 2008, Mas de Daumas Gassac, Vin de Pays de l’Herault
Mas Daumas Gassac Blanc 2008, Mas de Daumas Gassac, Vin de Pays de l’Herault
Mas Daumas Gassac Rouge 2007, Mas de Daumas Gassac, Vin de Pays de l’Herault

A note on pricing: Gassac is suprisingly affordable if you buy it ahead of time. They make amazing prices for their futures. Whereas, waiting for it to appear in stores, you’ll typically pay upwards of 80 Euros. At the futures prices, you are getting amazing bang for your buck. Another thing… I got some sticker shock from that bubbly rosé at 12€. Not unreasonably priced, but it’s a playful wine and a serious price. Surprised me a tiny bit. But the red and white at the futures prices! Those are awesome.

5 Comments

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  By Graham Tigg, January 5, 2010 @ 12:18 pm

  Aimé is a fantastic and generous character and spot on, in a tong and cheek way, with Bordeaux.
  Subtitles are excellent, really help with that southern accent (Aimé was originally a leather baron from Millau)
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  By Ryan O'Connell, January 6, 2010 @ 7:27 am

  haha, I’m glad you appreciated this, Graham. It was a real treat for me too.
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  By Graham Tigg, January 9, 2010 @ 8:46 am

  I forgot to ask. I assume the vineyard neighbour Aimé refers to rather cheekily is Grange des Peres?
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  By Ryan O'Connell, January 9, 2010 @ 10:06 pm

  Haha, he refers to neighbors like that twice. Once he explicitly says it’s his Swiss neighbor, but I don’t think he specified the second time. I’ll let you be the judge
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  By Rob Dougan, January 28, 2010 @ 12:49 pm

  Re-catching up on this episode. Love the video with your parents tasting the wines after touring the vineyard with M. Guibert. And moving the tree from the road…a wonderful moment. Love the Thunevin-Calvet (Calvet-Thunevin) tasting at home too. And totally agree with you all about them. Keep up the good work. Some many great episodes in so little time.

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