Domaine la Tour Vieille, Banyuls (dessert wine) 2003

Red, evolved rim.

Vinturi - nose of brandied cherries, savory meat, dried/grilled herbs.

Moderately sweet, slightly cooked flavors of cherry and prune are a bit flat. Alcohol does provide nice lift, though, as does herb character. Very fine acid/tannin synergy sops up any excess sweetness in the finish - coating the front teeth in light chew. With air, fruit flavors get a pulse. This thing needs more time.


$25/500 mL Fortified Grenache from France, just NE of Barcelona. 15.5% listed alcohol.