Domaine Sérol: Tasting & Drinking
I was first drawn to the wines of Domaine Sérol because of their distinctive, perhaps idiosyncratic nature. The Côte Roannaise, after all, is a far-flung corner of the Loire Valley, hundreds of kilometres distant from more famous names such as Vouvray, Chinon or Muscadet. The vineyards of Beaujolais lie much closer, not to mention the Côte d’Or, the Mâconnais and the northern Rhône appellations of Hermitage, Côte-Rôtie and the like. Of course, this is nothing new in the Loire Valley; as you sit sipping Sauvignon Blanc in a café in the hilltop town of Sancerre, you are in fact much closer to Chablis (a short drive to the east) than you are to Vouvray (a long way downstream). The Loire is a huge river that snakes its way across France, brushing alongside a number of other wine regions as it does so.
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