2007 Les Heretiques Red Blend – $10

A Syrah, Carignane, Grenache blend from the Languedoc region of France (price $10). The nose has that barnyard smell (does that smell like what I think it smells like?) and is a rougher style than you usually find. But that is it’s charm, this is no “New World” wine made for the American palate, this is an Old World red table wine. Low alcohol (12.5%) and unfiltered (expect some residue in your glass). Made from 100 year old vines, this tastes of another time and place. This the kind of wine the bank robbers in Killing Zoe were drinking the night before the heist. Not fancy French wine, but French wine for everyday people.