Community Tasting Note

pavel_p wrote:

Saturday, November 30, 2013 - Was very curious to try a mature vintage of Verite La Joie given the praise and number of perfect scores this producer has been getting from Parker since 2001 or so. Slow ox'ed for about two hours then decanted properly as it did not seemed open and drank over 3h. Dark garnet but slightly browning at the rim. Initially tastes much more like right bank with the Merlot coming through: plum and sweet red and dark fruitt. After about 1h in the decanter the Cab takes over with a much darker fruit profile. Licquorice.on the nose and some burned earth. The fruit on the palate is not as generous as you would expect, there is also a slight bitterness, burned notes and almost austerity on the palate with the dark fruit and those fine to medium tannins. Nice medium finish however.
Somewhat disappointing. This is good but more like a good St. Julien a la Leoville Barton in a somewhat difficult vintage than the top Pauillac-like experience I was hoping for. This does not possess the elegance, balance or quality of fruit of say a 96 Pichon Baron. 90-91

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