Domaine la Tour Vieille, Collioure, Puig Oriol 1998 Half A red Chinon I can

A red Chinon I can get behind

hides higher AC content well

These foundational terroir elements result in Chenin Blanc of bristling acidity

than it has with say Marcassin

After experimenting with some Dijon clones

Domaine la Tour Vieille, Collioure, Puig Oriol 1998 Half A red Chinon I canBase 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