Jonathan Ray’s Wine Pick: Réserve de Gassac Rosé
During the increasingly ridiculous summer weather, it’s vital to keep up one’s liquid intake and, as I sit here sweltering, I can’t think of any fluid that I’m craving more than a large glass of this, ice cold.
A beautifully judged blend of Grenache, Syrah and Carignan from mighty, much-lauded, family-owned Mas de Daumas Gassac in the Pays d’Hérault, it’s deliciously approachable, full of wild strawberry fruit, a touch of spice and more than a hint of garrigue herbs.
The Guibert family make great wine – not for nothing is the estate known as the Lafite-Rothschild or Latour of the Languedoc – and put as much effort into this, their entry level, as they do their fabled top cuvées.
The Réserve de Gassac Rosé is the perfect vin de soif, available for £13.95 a bottle at Seven Cellars in Brighton Station or for £39 over lunch or dinner at peerless Wild Flor in Hove.
The details
2024 Réserve de Gassac Rosé, Langedoc (12.5%vol)
£13.95 (75cl) from Seven Cellars or drink in at Wild Flor for £39 (also available by the glass at £8 or 375ml carafe at £24.)
Jonathan Ray is the Brighton-based drinks editor of The Spectator and drinks columnist of The Field and Spear’s.
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