QHA_Review March_2021
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WINE with John Rozentals<br />
THE MASTER BLENDER<br />
JOHN ROZENTALS WRITES ABOUT<br />
JEAN-CLAUDE MAS, WINEMAKER AT DOMAINES<br />
PAUL MAS, WHO HAS BEEN CALLED ‘THE<br />
POWERHOUSE OF THE SOUTH OF FRANCE’<br />
AND ALSO ‘THE MASTER BLENDER’.<br />
Jean-Claude Mas’s vineyard knowledge and<br />
winemaking skills are so highly regarded that<br />
Domaines Paul Mas has just been voted European<br />
Winery of the Year by Wine Enthusiast magazine in its<br />
2020 Wine Star Awards.<br />
Since his humble beginnings, Jean-Claude has used<br />
his passion for and expertise of the terroirs of the<br />
Languedoc-Roussillon wine region to thoughtfully<br />
expand the holdings of Domaines Paul Mas to over<br />
2300 hectares of vineyards.<br />
He now produces around 20 million bottles of wine a<br />
year, and distributes them to more than 70 countries.<br />
He has perfected the art of blending and is able to<br />
craft wines from some 45 different grape varieties from<br />
25 diverse terroirs in the Languedoc, always aiming for<br />
what he calls “rural luxury”.<br />
Two wines that encapsulate this great winery and its<br />
stellar vineyards are now available.<br />
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Jean-Claude Mas:<br />
his vineyard knowledge<br />
and winemaking skills<br />
are highly regarded.
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