2002 Vérité La Muse

Community Tasting Notes (58) Avg Score: 93.6 points

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  1/17/2024 - buckeye76 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Medium ruby color. Black cherries, black raspberries and black currants in the nose with notes of chocolate, leather, licorice and earthiness. Blackberries and plums in the flavor with some mocha and coffee. An elegant wine, well balanced, medium to full bodied and a medium to long finish. Opened side by side with the 2009 Ridge Monte Bello and though still a very good wine, not up to the Monte Bello. Best opened in the next two to three years.

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  1/21/2023 - d'Artagnan wrote: 93 Points

  Le nez est charmeur, chocolaté, avec des truffes, évoquant Pomerol.
  La bouche, de corps moyen, montre un très bel équilibre et une finesse remarquable pour la région. C’est suave et savoureux, de la haute couture au niveau de la texture. Il ne lui manque que la complexité aromatique pour prétendre au titre de grand vin. 93 pts
  
  Étonnamment il était meilleur dans un simple Riedel Ouverture face au modèle Bordeaux Grand Cru, dans lequel l’alcool ressortait plus.

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  1/7/2023 - napasoutherner Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Beautiful wine! Not a traditional California cab but a very lighter wine with some depth. Rounded and elegant this is a wonderful wine that would go with white meat and medium flavored foods. However, it’s solid on it’s own.

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  5/22/2022 - Motz wrote: 95 Points

  Decanted and enjoyed over a long evening, alongside a 2005 Montrose, and other fine offerings.
  
  This smells and drinks similarly to Right Bank Bordeaux...if a touch fruitier. Still, if placed in a blind flight of 15 to 25 year old Right Bank offerings, I might be hard pressed to pick it out, particularly given that many Right Bank producers began shifting to more fruity and oaky styles round about the early 2000s.
  
  Plum, rhubarb, and pomegranate notes, backed by stalwart, velvet-textured structure. The 7.2 percent Cabernet Franc really stands out, showing as if Cabernet family varieties comprise about 30 percent of the blend, enhancing the wine's overall firmness and tension. Terroir elements also show prominently. High energy, excellent range and depth, wondrously appealing. Exceptional balance of fruit, real substance, oak, and alcohol. The last pour was best.
  
  There is no reason not to hold bottles for another five to seven years, but this is not likely to improve measurably. At 20 years old, I would drink sooner than later.

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  3/14/2022 - Mchiarot Likes this wine:

  drink up. wonderful stuff but at or just slightly over the precipice.

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