Domaine la Tour Vieille, Collioure, Puig Oriol 1998 Syrah honeyed almonds

honeyed almonds

star anise

red berries

Reminds me of the 1989 Rayas

This is one of the more reticent

Domaine la Tour Vieille, Collioure, Puig Oriol 1998 Syrah honeyed almondsBase of Neck or better; one damp stained label; Kermit Lynch Wine Import slips In 1981, Vincent Canti and Christine Campadieu took over two small, family owned domaines where theyd grown up, in Collioure and Banyuls. Together, they farm vineyards planted on steep, schist terraces overlooking the sea, exposed to the fierce and wily wind known as La Tramontagne. The vineyards are so steep that cultivation must be by hand, and extensive irrigation canals