Segries Clos Jean Alesi Cotes du Rhone Rouge  is made from 1/3 each of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre.This 3.5 hectare vineyard, located in the famous “Quartier de la Chartreuse de Villeneuve-les-Avignon”, has been owned by the Formula 1 race car driver Jean Alesi since 1995. It is managed by Château de Ségriès.This wine is a blend of 33% Grenache, 33% Syrah, and 33% Mourvedre sourced from 40-year-old vines. It was fermented in concrete vats then aged for nine months in 5% new oak barrels. The wine is a very grapey color in the glass. There is a light nose of tightly packed black fruit, dried herbs, pepper, and licorice. In the mouth there are tight-grained blue fruit, fine, powerful tannins, and a little strawberry flavor breaking loose. With air the wine reveals pencil and pepper flavors along with the structure for aging.Yield: 40 hl/haAge of the vines: 40 years. Vinification: 21 days skin maceration in temperature controlled concrete vatsAgeing: 9 months oak aging -5% new French oak from Seguin Moreau cooper and 95% of 1 year old barrels.Delicious with roast meat, grilled vegetables, strong cheese and chocolate desserts.Review:"Loaded with sweet oak, the 2015 Cotes du Rhone is a full-bodied sexpot, oozing with vanilla, cedar and baking spice. This is plush and velvety on the palate, hugely attractive in its obvious charms, finishing long, layered and rich. I suppose one could quibble with the style, but I found it delicious for drinking over the next 5 years or so. The wine is made at Château Ségriès in Lirac. - Joe Czerwinski"- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Issue #233, October 2017), 91 pts