FEATURES
The 2015 Domaine Yves Gangloff Côte-Rôtie La Sereine Noire hails from an 【Outstanding Wines for the Long Haul vintage】 in the Northern Rhône. This deeply perfumed red wine offers a bouquet of ripe black and blue fruits, Indian spice, olive, and cracked pepper, with a smoky mineral nuance emerging with air. On the palate, it is fleshy and broad, delivering concentrated cassis and blueberry flavors, along with an exotic hint of fruitcake. Well-integrated tannins frame a long, penetrating finish, leaving notes of dark fruit and minerals. Other descriptors include leather, earthy, smoke, blackberry, cinnamon, licorice, oak, tobacco, cedar, cherry, raspberry, violet, and lavender.
Food pairing suggestions include beef, lamb, poultry, and game such as venison.
This bold and structured red wine is perfectly suited for special dinners, particularly those featuring rich meat dishes, or for an evening of sophisticated indulgence.
BACKGROUND
Domaine Yves et Mathilde Gangloff is a well-regarded wine producer based in the northern Rhône region of Condrieu,France. (and best-known for its sumptuous, Viognier-based wines from that appellation). From the Côte Rôtie, Domaine Yves et Mathilde Gangloff produces Syrah from 2.4 hectares (six acres) of vineyard land at the lieux-dits Combard, Mollard and Rozier. These cooler sites, located in the Côte Blonde and Côte Brune, are situated primarily on steep hillsides and are composed of gneiss, granite and mica schist soils. Founder Yves Gangloff established the domaine with his wife, Mathilde, in 1987.
