I've recently purchased some white 2002 Reserve de Gassac on the
strength of having a bottle at a friends house, so no tasting notes,
I'm afraid. It is rather good but has a taste of something I don't
quite recognise. Unusually (compared with Mas de Daumas Gassac) it
doesn't have a backlabel with a varietal breakdown.

Looking round the Daumas Gassac website I noticed that one of the
Moulin de Gassac whites is composed of Servent, Clairette and Sauv
Blanc. Two of these I know, but Servent is new to me. It isn't
mentioned in Jancis Robinson's Guide to grape varieties either. Does
anyone know if its a southern French name of something more well
known? If not, does anyone know anything about the variety?

On a related point, anyone know how the 95 Mas de Daumas Gassac red is
coming along? I last tried it in 2000 when it was hard as nails but
with the most amazing nose of dried fruit, peel and treacle. I now
only have one half bottle left for checking its progress.

James
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