Domaine La Tour Vieille: Collioure, Puig Oriol 2008
Description
The Puig Oriol is a dense, dark, brooding red wine that is essential Collioure.
- Style: Red Wine, Dry (Sec), Full-bodied
- Region: Roussillon, Collioure,
- Producer: Christine Campadieu & Vincent Cantié
- Vintage: 2008
- Grape variety (Cépage): Grenache Noir, Syrah
- Wine pairing - drink with: Beef, Casserole, Pork, Lamb
- Cellarage: Responds well to medium term bottle age, 3-4 years, but will age gracefully thereafter.
- Vinification: Very low yields (the Tramontane wind reduces the crop size) of old vine fruit principally from a parcel called 'La Tourette', are hand harvested and vinified in stainless steel, racked in large used oak barrels prior to a light filtration and bottling the following spring.
- Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 14.5%
- Full Tasting Notes (PDF): Download
Domaine La Tour Vieille: Collioure, Puig Oriol 2008
Like it's 'La Pinède' sibling, Domaine La Tour Vieille make this second equally gutsy and gastronomic red wine called 'Puig Oriol'. It is made from 70% Grenache Noir and 30% Syrah. It has a bouquet of garrigue fruit and dense black fruit, earth and spice tastes and a fine tannic structure.
What others think of this wine...
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate, June 2011 says:The 2008 Collioure Puig Oriol - as usual, a roughly 60-40 blend of Grenache and Syrah - mingles lightly-cooked black raspberry and cassis with peat, black pepper, and red meat juices on a firm yet juicy palate palpably high in extract and possessed of an admirable sense of transparency to finishing suggestions of herbal and mineral nuances. Look for at least 4-5 years of versatility from this. WA 90, drink 2011-2016
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