Tasting - Château Serres Sainte Lucie Corbières

Name: Château Serres Sainte Lucie Corbières 
Variety: Syrah, Grenache, and Mourvèdre
Region: Corbières
Country: France
Year: N/A
Price: $4.95

Winery 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. - Vintage Cellar Tasting Notes

My review: Wow! This has a lot, a lot of flavor. But first of all, upon smelling it, I immediately picked up a barnyard hay smell...which was extraordinarily strange. However, I think that this wine would have a much better result for me if paired with food. I don't feel like I could just sit around and sip on this one. The man working at the Vintage Cellar compared it to a South African Merlot.