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Vérité Proprietary Red La Muse Sonoma County 2013

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98 -James Suckling -

98 -Owen Bargreen -

The brilliant 2013 Vérité. ‘La Muse’ Red Wine is an incredible wine. The nose is beautiful evolved right now. Wet gravel, black rose, and blackberry jam nots alongside shades of chocolate covered cherry all combine aromatically. The palate shows unbelievable acidity as you would almost anticipate this being a new release. Very dense and showing massive dark fruits, this is beautiful wine to consume now and over the next fifteen plus years.

97 -Gismondi on Wine -

Vérité, or truth as the French would say, makes a trio of Bordeaux-shaped reds all grown at the foothills of the Mayacamas Mountains at the southern tip of Sonoma County's Alexander Valley, where winemaker Pierre Seillan works with Sonoma Mountain fruit. Seillan is a disciple of the cru concept and at Vérité his selections are released under the monikers of ‘La Muse’, a Pomerol-style merlot/cabernet franc mix; ‘La Joie’, a left bank, Haut-Medoc style cabernet sauvignon; and ‘Le Désir, a Saint Emilion-style blend of cabernet franc/merlot/cabernet sauvignon. In 2013, La Muse reaches for the stars blending a third of its fruit from the Alexander Valley vineyards, some 40 percent out of Chalk Hill and the remainder from the Knight and Bennett valleys. At 89 percent it is fair to call this a merlot especially when you consider its amazing, silky texture, bolstered by eight percent cabernet franc and three percent malbec. The perfect vintage spawned a 14.3 percent alcohol level that fits the harmony of this wine. The flavours are bright but restrained with impressive black fruit aromatics seemingly uninhibited by ageing in 100 percent new French oak barriques. A smoky, savoury, licorice and black cherry affair, but again without any boldness, seems as if it might age for decades. Each year the concentration improves but so does the finesse. A superb bottle of wine now long sold out but look for it in restaurants and private wine shops.

96 -Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -

The 2013 La Muse is maturing gracefully and offers noticeable detail at this stage. Deep garnet in color, its dried wild black and blue berry fruit is complemented by umami-like wafts of shiitake, steak sauce and aniseed. The full-bodied palate is softening and fresh, with a generous core of juicy fruit, heightened complexity from savory notes of maturity and a singular, umami-and-berry finish. It's drinking wonderfully, although it's not quite at its peak.

93 -Decanter -

Notes of black raspberry, forest floor, burnt sugar, methol and rich barrel toast are the prelude to a wine strucutred around fine, dense tannins and good acidity. 89% Merlot, with the balance Cabernet Franc and Malbec, La Muse is the richest and most opulent of the Verité wines, as well as the most marked by its barrel programme, but it retains nicely savoury definition.

92-95 -Vinous -

The 2013 La Muse is wonderfully vivid and expressive from the outset, especially in the aromatics. Graphite, smoke, lavender, menthol and licorice are all super-expressive. Those notes carry through to the palate, where the wine is dense, powerful and bursting at the seams with energy. Hints of mocha, chocolate, spice and leather add the final shades of nuance. Today, La Muse is the most expressive of Vérité's 2013s, with plenty of floral and savory notes that add complexity to the super-rich dark fruit. I tasted the 2013 from tank just prior to bottling.

Technical Details

Blend 89% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, 3% Malbec
Winemaker Pierre Seillan
Country US
Region California
Sub Region North Coast
Appellation Sonoma County
Vineyard Sourced from vineyards in Alexander Valley, Chalk Hill, Bennett Valley & Knights Valley
Farming Method Certified California Sustainable Winegrowing (CCSW) & Sonoma County Sustainable
Oak 100% new French oak
Aging / Cooperage 15 months
Alcohol 14.5%

Vérité Proprietary Red La Muse Sonoma County 2013

Name: Vérité Proprietary Red La Muse Sonoma County 2013
Brand: First Bottle
SKU: 1015171
Price: 184.95 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

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Certified California Sustainable Winegrowing (CCSW) & Sonoma County Sustainable

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$184.95

750ML

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Only 5 bottles available of Vérité’s 2013 La Muse for a delicious deal! The work of acclaimed winemaker Pierre Seillan, who crafts this cuvée in Sonoma County as an homage to the rich and refined Merlot-based wines of Pomerol. The 2013 vintage is widely regarded as one of the finest Vérité has ever produced, with the winery itself calling it among its top five vintages. Made in a limited run of roughly 3,800 cases, the wine is a blend of 89% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Malbec, sourced from four distinct high-elevation hillside vineyards – Alexander Valley, Chalk Hill, Knights Valley, and Bennett Valley – during a growing season so ideal that critics have called it nearly perfect. Aged 15 months in 100% new French oak, the wine earned double 98 points alongside a great deal of additional praise, cementing its status as one of the most celebrated releases from a producer whose three flagship blends have all achieved perfect scores from major critics. Tasting notes describe a deep, inky garnet color, a rich and spicy nose with pure aromas and a hint of humus, and a palate layered with truffle, licorice, black cherry and mulberry, supported by a round, supple texture and well-balanced tannins that carry through to a long, lingering finish, with an aging potential stretching 20 to 30 years.

About The Producer

The wines of Verite, French for "truth," are the result of a combination of old-world experience and new-world fruit. Each wine is a distinct blend of unique components harvested from small vineyard blocks, culminating in a meticulously formed union of grape varieties, climate, soil expression, and winemaking technique. Vigneron Pierre Seillan refers to this methodology as droit du sol, "right of the soil." Verite produces wines without compromise, wines that reflect the terroir in which they are grown. He is intimately involved in every step of the winegrowing process from bud break to bottling. Since the winery?s founding in 1998, Pierre has identified more than 40 micro-crus along the western slopes of the Mayacamas Mountains in Sonoma County. These micro-crus are small vineyards within vineyards, a palette of soil types. Each vintage, the winery releases three Bordeaux-inspired blends: La Muse (Merlot based), La Joie (Cabernet Sauvignon based) and Le Desir (Cabernet Franc based).

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