Name: Chateau Serres Sainte Lucie Corbieres
Variety: Syrah, Grenache, and Mourvèdre
Region: Corbieres
Country: France
Year: 2010
Price: $4.95
VC Review: Superb dark garnet color with a few reflections of dark orange. Intense nose of ripe fruits, spices, and roasted coffee. The palate is rounded and full, with silky matured tannins and hints of vanilla. This wine is rich and powerful with layers of tannins.
My notes: This is one of the weirder noses for sure. I now know what "burnt tire" can truly smell like in a wine. But this one has a tad of fruit behind it, maybe like a cherry pie that you have left in the oven for like fifteen hours and is just burnt to a crisp, but there is a little bit of sweetness under all of the smoke. The taste is very vegetal, dirty, smoky and just different. I thought it was balanced though and I surprisingly liked it. I bought a bottle and drank it in a blanket fort later that night. Yes, a blanket fort. Yes, I am 23 years old.
Food: n/a
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