3/5

fruit

5/5

body

3/5

acidity

5/5

tannin

0/5

sweetness

Verite

Verite, Le Desir

2008 {(currentVariant.size?' | ':'')} {( currentVariant.size )}

Various vintages

Healdsburg, Sonoma County, California, United States

Red

Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Merlot

Drink Now/Cellar

VN 94+ WA 100

Vibrant, youthful reds and purples set the visual stage for this timeless varietal, here presented in its top form. Cabernet Franc is the centerpiece of the wine, highlighting black raspberries, black cherries and a complex, spiced bouquet of Herbes de Provence and dried thyme. Grown in the iron-rich soil of our Sonoma County vineyards, and tended in the legendary tradition of Pierre Seillan, this most structured and precise wine finds perfect balance in a high center of gravity and a long finish.

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meat:
Beef, Game, Lamb

cheese:
Blue cheese, Goat cheese, Hard cheese

Reviewer: Stephen Tanzer

(14.3% alcohol): Bright ruby-red. More brooding on the nose than La Muse, showing aromas of dark plum, black cherry, licorice and spices, along with some chocolatey oak. Even suaver than La Muse, benefiting from lovely violet lift from the Cabernet Franc component but missing the herbal pungency of the Muse. Plenty of tannic support here but this is a creamier and more harmonious wine even if it's still young. Tannins are fine-grained and broad, reaching the front teeth and incisors but nicely buffered by the wine's fruit and minerality. Finishes with terrific rising length and verve.

3/5

fruit

5/5

body

3/5

acidity

5/5

tannin

0/5

sweetness

Healdsburg, Sonoma County, California, United States

Red

Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Merlot

Drink Now/Cellar

Black fruit / Blackcurrant leaf / Chocolate / Mineral / Structured / Truffle

meat:
Beef, Game, Lamb

cheese:
Blue cheese, Goat cheese, Hard cheese

Reviewer: Stephen Tanzer

(14.3% alcohol): Bright ruby-red. More brooding on the nose than La Muse, showing aromas of dark plum, black cherry, licorice and spices, along with some chocolatey oak. Even suaver than La Muse, benefiting from lovely violet lift from the Cabernet Franc component but missing the herbal pungency of the Muse. Plenty of tannic support here but this is a creamier and more harmonious wine even if it's still young. Tannins are fine-grained and broad, reaching the front teeth and incisors but nicely buffered by the wine's fruit and minerality. Finishes with terrific rising length and verve.

Verite, Le Desir

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