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2018 Verite La Muse

WA 100

JD 99

JS 98

VN 93-96

JR 17.5

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RATINGS

100The Wine Advocate

...delivers a powerful perfume of cherry pie, blackberry preserves and baked plums... Medium to full-bodied, the black fruit and exotic spice layers flow so gracefully over the palate, textured by plush tannins and lifted with seamless freshness, finishing epically long and achingly fragrant.

99Jeb Dunnuck

...plenty of black cherry and currant fruits as well as cedar pencil, graphite, dark chocolate, and smoked tobacco. Ripe, full-bodied, and brilliantly balanced on the palate, with both elegance and incredible opulence, it's a hypothetical mix of Châteaux Canon and Lafite.

98James Suckling

...blackberries, milk chocolate, pine needles and hints of dried herbs. Full-bodied, yet so in check with a great finish. It’s seamless and goes on and one.

93-96Vinous / IWC

...floral, elegant and light on its feet for such a rich wine.

17.5Jancis Robinson

Smoky nose, with game, blueberry and ripe dark cherry all coming through. An excellent bouquet. The palate is fleshy but refined. Polished but deep tannins set a perfect frame for the fruit to shine...layers of spice and floral accents to the fruit core to bring both complexity and balance. Long and harmonious on the finish.

REGION

United States, California, Sonoma County

Sonoma County is not an AVA, but it is a commonly used informal designation for wines made outside of more specific AVAs within Sonoma, which is a large wine producing region just west of Napa Valley. Though Sonoma is often overshadowed by its glamorous neighbor Napa Valley, it has a long history of wine production. The area specialized in jug wine until the mid-20th century, when Sonoma producers took a cue from Napa and started improving quality. Unlike Napa, where Cabernet Sauvignon is king, Sonoma specialized in Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Zinfandel, though excellent Cabs are produced too. There are at present 16 AVAs within Sonoma County, and, like much of the West Coast of the United States, new AVAs are created in Sonoma County with regularity. Some Sonoma appellations, such as the Russian River Valley, are renowned for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.