Château de Sérame is one of the oldest estates in the Languedoc. It stands on the former Roman camp of Caesarus and subsequently was inhabited during the Carolingian age. It was purchased in 1804 by the Exéa family, who have continuously owned the property since. Château de Sérame is located in the heart of the Languedoc at Lézignan-Corbières, where it benefits from a remarkably rich terroir. Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson, in The World Atlas of Wine, refer to Corbières as an area of "geological chaos," where clay-limestone plateaus and hillsides alternate with soils of fine gravel, shale and large pebbles, an area under the influence of both the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, and where, along with ideal exposure to the sun, there is the possibility for the production of fine wine. This 2006 vintage Château de Sérame Corbières is produced from 57% Syrah, 33% Carignane and 10% Grenache grapes grown in this very situation. Glaring crimson red in color with almost risqué aromas suggesting a wine both wild and potent; bold and assertive on the tongue, almost brash, with satisfying depth of flavors at once of earth, bramble, berries and spice. This one’ll warm them cockles come the cold of winter.