Le Clos du Serres - Le Palas 2016
91/100
Robert Parker
15,5/20
Bettane & Desseauve
1*Étoile
Hachette
This blend of Syrah, Grenache, and Carignan grown on schist soils offers notes of blackberry, spices, and licorice with a hint of graphite. The palate is beautifully complex, combining fruit and full-bodied tannins with a velvety texture. There is a lovely balance betweenminerality and pure fruit.
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Eye
Deep ruby color
Nose
Expressive with aromas of blackberries, spicy accents, thyme, licorice, menthol nuances, and graphite notes.
Mouth
Dense, silky, and structured, with beautiful texture, aromas of ripe black fruit, and garrigue spices. Powerful tannins and a pleasant bitterness on the finish. A wine for aging, with beautiful complexity.
Serve
At 16°C
Open
1/2 hour before
Drink before
2026
Food and wine pairings
Enjoy with a rib of beef and pan-fried porcini mushrooms...
Bettane & Desseauve
Wine rating (2018 guide) 15.5/20 (2015 vintage) (Very good wine)
Rated estate (2026 guide) 3 stars (High-quality production, serving as a benchmark in its sector)
About the estate:
Clos du Serres was established in 2006 in Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière, in the foothills of Larzac, at an altitude of nearly 300 meters, by Béatrice and Sébastien Fillon. Vintage after vintage, we find the same systematic quest for sincerity. The range has been redesigned around Maros on schist, offering a perfect balance between density and drinkability; Sainte-Pauline, on sandstone and rounded pebbles, supple and delicious; Palas on sandstone and schist, lively and firm; and Saint-Jean, rounded and flavorful, a blend of terroirs. Humeur-vagabonde comes from a Syrah and Carignan that few are capable of bringing to this level of charm: youthful on the palate, it does not taste its 85 years. But the whole range differs only in nuances, with the estate's signature style strongly imprinting itself on all the vintages. The originally quite powerful style evolves towards much more airy nuances. Bravo! We are adding a star this year for the seriousness of its achievements over many years, including its white wine, which harbors a nod to Hermitage in the northern Rhône.
Guide Hachette des vins
Rated wine (2018 guide) 1*Star (2015 vintage) (Very successful wine)
Rated estate (2025 guide) 1*Star (Very successful wine)
About the estate:
Between the sunshine of the Hérault and the cool air of the Aveyron, on a mosaic of schist, pebbles, and red sandstone, Sébastien Fillon took over this 15-hectare estate in 2006. A chemical engineer by training, assisted by his wife Béatrice, he now runs his vineyard using organic farming methods.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Wine rating (2017 guide) 91/100 (2015 vintage) (Outstanding wine)
Rated Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Rated estate (2026 guide) 1*Star (Up-and-coming stars or quality winemakers producing good-quality wines; you won't be disappointed when tasting the wines from these estates)
About the estate:
This estate, founded in 2006 by Béatrice and Sébastien Fillon in the Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière area, in the heart of the Terrasses du Larzac, covers 15 hectares and benefits from both a beautiful geological diversity (schist, ruffes, sandstone, and pebbles) and a significant temperature range between day and night. In the vineyard, the approach is very respectful of the grapes and the ecosystem. In the cellar, built of Gard stone, wood is not allowed: the wines are vinified by plot and aged exclusively in concrete vats. The emphasis is on the purest expression of the terroir and the raw material. This is reflected in the wines, which are full of personality, tactile and complex.
Customer rating
3.5/5
based on 2 reviews
Review and opinion by Mr. ERICK P. Published on 01/21/2020
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Review and opinion by Mr. FRANCOIS S. Published on 11/02/2019
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