Domaine la Tour Vieille, Collioure "Puig Oriol" 2005

Deep red.

Deep, but middle-weight, aromas of black cherry/raspberry liqueur, earth and licorice.

Texturally, enveloping sweetness of raspberry jam, mineral and earth flavors. Difficult to differentiate between structure and flavor here. Great depth of liqueur-like fruit and balancing mineral/tannic backbone.

Stupid value. Mostly Grenache from the (eastern) coastal area just north of the Spanish border.

Day 4 - Still beautiful, long. Great flavor/structure tension and "interplay" (Schildknecht-ism). It is ridiculous that you can buy this for $25.

$25