Domaine de La Lôyane Tavel

My journey through Tavel continues. This is certainly one of the more obscure bottlings from the AOC, but Domaine La Loyane do have a good pedigree in Lirac so I was hoping for a decent showing. A lighter shade of ruby in the glass than is often the case in this part of the world. Plum, dark cherry, raspberry and some peppery, spicy notes emerge after a little coaxing on the nose but its somewhat muddled. Unfortunately this continues through …