Vérité - La Muse - Sonoma Valley 2019

Anthocyanes

95 / 100

par Yohan Castaing le 09/09/2022

Frais et délicat avec un beau nez d'épices et une trame boisée élégante, La Muse offre une bouche ronde et dense avec une fraicheur aérienne en finale. Très belle empreinte aromatique et superbe sensation calcaire en finale. 90 % de merlot, 5 % de cabernet franc et 5 % de malbec.

Jeb DUNNUCK

98 / 100

par Jeb Dunnuck le 02/08/2022

The 2019 La Muse offers a luxurious and layered perfume of red apple, sweet tobacco, and fresh leather. The palate is generous, with velveteen texture, noes of cassis, violets, and fresh earth, and a weightless feel. The most open of the three presented by Verite, this is an incredible wine and will be fantastic to check in on over the next two or more decades.

Wine Advocate

99 / 100

par Erin Brooks le 14/07/2022

The 2019 La Muse is a blend of 90% Merlot, 5% Cab Franc and 5% Malbec. Deep ruby-purple, it explodes with cassis, violets and aniseed, with wafts of thyme, tobacco and iron, offering new nuances with each return to the glass. The full-bodied palate is powerful and refined, with loads of rounded tannins, focused freshness and ethereal character. It's exceptionally expressive and structured and should be very long lived in the cellar.

Decanter.com

94 / 100

par Georgina Hindle le 05/07/2022

Smooth and well defined, this Merlot-dominant wine has a nice delicacy to it. Lifted and bright, there is a sense of joy to this with excellent detail and definition to the fruit and the fine tannins. Clearly powerful with concentration but well delivered. I like the liquorice and the subtle herbal spiced edges - rosemary and cinnamon giving nuance as well as the slightly sweet but supple red and black cherry and blueberries fruit which mingle with scented dried flower notes. A refined style with a lifted finish that is really enjoyable. Ageing 16 months in French oak (95% new).

Jane Anson

94 / 100

par Jane Anson le 02/06/2022

Merlot dominant, full of concentrated but crunchy blue and black fruits, a ton of concentration and tannic heft, with undergrowth, smoked earth, aniseed and fennel on the finish. Great stuff. Pierre Seillan winemaker.

The Wine Independent

98 / 100

par Lisa Perrotti-Brown le 01/06/2022

The 2019 La Muse is a blend of 90% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Malbec. Deep garnet-purple in color, it skips out of the glass with bright scents of freshly crushed black and red plums, boysenberries, and Morello cherries, plus hints of garrigue, cedar chest, wet slate, and truffles plus a waft of crushed rocks. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is super intense and firm with a solid wall of ripe tannins and compelling freshness holding up a ton of expressive earth and black fruit layers, finishing with epic length. 2,500 cases were made.

Jamessuckling.com

99 / 100

par James Suckling le 07/04/2022

Blueberries, blackberries and crushed stones. Pure fruit. Full-bodied with round tannins that have powdery character. Creamy and round mouth-feel. Very unique. Great finish. 90% merlot, 5% cabernet franc and 5% malbec. Best from 2026.