The 2004 Collioure Cosprons Levants (60% Syrah; 30% Mourvedre; 10% Grenache â_" grown with cuttings from Chave Tempier and Beaucastel respectively!) smells of plum and black raspberry with bay leaf leather iodine and chocolate overtones. Clear pure sweetly-fruited and silken-textured on the palate with nut oil and wet stone underlying character it preserves a nice sense of fresh-fruit vivacity in its finish of plum raspberry toasted nuts bitter chocolate and herbs. It should age nicely for at least 5-7 years. The often amazingly complex and always amazingly chocolate-friendly fortified Grenache-based wines of Banyuls (or their dry counterparts from neighboring Collioure) would until recently have remained little-known to Americans had it not been for the Domaine du Mas Blanc of Dr. Parce where quality has not dipped over at least the past quarter century (since I began tasting them).Importer: Vineyard Brands Birmingham AL; tel. (205) 980-8802