Le Colombier "Vieilles Vignes" Vacqueyras 2005

Deep red.

Deep, intense, spicy, shoe polish, red cherry jam aromas. A totally different, thrilling, animal.

Ditto in the mouth, nothing facile here. Loaded, chewy, spicy, packed red and black fruit in the mouth. Structure is significant, with acidity driving significant (stem?) tannin. This rocks.

Day 3 - Now a deep, medicinal/dried herb, aromatic note. Tamer in the mouth now, and a bit flat, though still deep. Low SO2?
Still think this will benefit from short term (2-3 years) cellaring.

$20 - Another stupid deal.