Vérité - La Muse - Sonoma Valley 2018

Vérité La Muse, a generous Merlot-driven wine

The wines of Vérité, French for “truth,” are the result of a combination of old-world experience and new world fruit. Jess Jackson (1930–2011) was already the founder of one of the most successful family-owned wine companies in the United States when he met Pierre Seillan during a visit to France in the 1990s. When Pierre Seillan visited California in 1997, he too saw the potential and did not hesitate when Jackson asked him to come to Sonoma County to realize this dream together. And so, Vérité was born.

Merlot-dominant La Muse delivers incredible depth and texture using the finest grape sources from the top micro-crus of eastern Sonoma County. La Muse was first produced in 1998 and was inspired by the finest wines of Pomerol. Vigneron Pierre Seillan tends to a mosaic of more than fifty micro-crus to produce the complex signature of La Muse.

Anthocyanes

byYohan Castaingthe10/4/2021

Élaborée à partir de 90 % de merlot, 6 % de cabernet franc et 4 % de malbec, La Muse 2018 offre un nez subtil et délicat, très merlot bien mur sans être trop mur comme beaucoup de vins californiens. Des arômes de prune, de fruits noirs, d'épices, de fleurs et de framboise se font jour après aération. Charnue et juteuse, la bouche est délicate, tout en rondeur, en puissance contenue avec une délicatesse de tanins superbe. On ressent la pointe de cabernet franc en finale grâce à une sensation aérienne. Une très grande bouteille qui fera date à la propriété. Pour dans 15 à 20 ans.

Wine Advocate

100

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe7/30/2021

A blend of 90% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc and 4% Malbec, the 2018 La Muse was matured 16 months in 100% new French oak barrels. Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, the nose delivers a powerful perfume of cherry pie, blackberry preserves and baked plums, followed by suggestions of red roses, cast-iron pan, underbrush and unsmoked cigars, plus wafts of licorice and oolong tea. 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. The intensity and complexity of aromas and flavors—all waltzing in captivating harmony—cannot fail to make your head spin in the best possible way. Electrifying!

Jeb DUNNUCK

byJeb Dunnuckthe7/22/2021

Checking in as 90% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc, and 4% Malbec that was raised in new French oak, the 2018 La Muse reveals a dense purple hue to go with 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. This masterpiece of a Merlot can be drunk any time over the coming 20-30 years. Give bottles an hour in a decanter if drinking any time soon.

Jamessuckling.com

byJames Sucklingthe3/26/2021

One of the most refined and tight Muses with 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. Intellectual, compared to past vintages. 90% merlot with some malbec and cabernet franc. Try after 2026, but attractive now.

Wine Advocate

97-100

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe1/14/2021

The 2018 La Muse was tasted as a final-blend barrel sample, due to be bottled in January 2021. Composed of 90% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc, and 4% Malbec, it will have been aged for 16 months in 100% new French oak. Deep garnet-purple colored, it comes galloping out of the glass with energetic scents of freshly crushed black and red plums, wild blueberries, red currant jelly and boysenberries with hints of crushed rocks, truffles and black olives plus a waft of damp earth. Full-bodied, the palate is taut and muscular with firm, grainy tannins and bold freshness, finishing incredibly long and incredibly nuanced. 2,500 cases are due to be made.

Vinous

93-96

byAntonio Gallonithe4/1/2020

The 2018 La Muse, 90% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 3% Malbec, is floral, elegant and light on its feet for such a rich wine. Hillside vineyards in Chalk Hill, Alexander Valley, Knights Valley and Bennett Valley confer structure and a good bit of savory intensity. The 2018 is full of intrigue, that much is clear.

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Couleur	Rouge
Cépages	Merlot 90 % Cabernet Franc 6 % Malbec 4 %
Appellation	Sonoma Valley
Millesime	2018
Contenance	Double Magnum (3 l)

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Couleur

Rouge

Cépages

Merlot 90 %
Cabernet Franc 6 %
Malbec 4 %

Appellation

Sonoma Valley

Millesime

2018

Contenance

Double Magnum (3 l)

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