Tasting - Chateau Serres Sainte Lucie Corbieres

Name: Chateau Serres Sainte Lucie Corbieres
Variety: Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre
Region: Corbieres
Country: France
Year: 2010
Price: $4.95

Critic Review:  "Syrah, Grenache, and Mourvèdre. 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 Review:  This was a very interesting wine because the smell was awful, but I actually enjoyed the taste.  Right away, this wine smelled very revolting.  It smelled like bad breath and barnyard.  However, this wine actually tasted very pleasant, kind of like oranges and berries.  It was very smooth and had a good balance of spices and tannins.  It even had a very good after-taste.  I was very surprised by this good tasting wine since the smell was so disgusting.

I tasted this wine without food.