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The 2019 La Muse offers the purity and layering of the best 2019s from Sonoma County. The nose opens with generous aromas of mushroom, underbrush, licorice and garrigue complementing a core of Morello cherry. The medium to full-bodied palate is silky and plush with pixelated tannins. Its fruit is still somewhat coiled, driven by graphite tones at this stage, although it offers plenty of refreshing acidity that gives a weightless, ethereal feel to the fragrant finish. It deserves several more years in bottle to unwind.
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Jancis Robinson MW
James Suckling
More reviews and scores
90% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 5% Malbec . Lots of sweet blackcurrant and roasted cherry fruit on the nose here, there are even hints of brown banana together with baking spices. Rounded and soft, this is often the most ‘ Californian ’ of the three Vérité wines, and so it proves this year. Despite this, there is ample, chalky depth and a tightening on the finish. It should improve with time. (TP)
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.
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.
About the producer
The winery was the dream of Jess Jackson, the man who founded the incredibly successful Jackson Family Wines. He, however, wanted to produce truly fine wine in Sonoma County.