Description

L’Oriental 2018

Collioure, Roussillon

Grenache Carignan

Domaine de la Rectorie owns 35 hectares of vines, that are divided in 50 parcels in the dry and steepy Collioure/Banyuls.

Until recently, many wines from this particular area used to be fairly rustic and full-bodied now finesse, complexity are easily detectable in various cuvées.

L’Oriental is a blockbuster, on purpose the grapes are picked overripe as the same time as their Banyuls Therese Reig. The result is very priorat-like :  concentrated, powerful but also complex. L’Oriental is doted of various layers of complexity, camphor, mint, balsamic, jammy dark fruits, smoky.

It is intense, huge but the tannins are well managed as well as discreet.

Enjoy it with a roasted lamb shoulder.