This was my wine selection to celebrate my 24th anniversary in this great country, in other words, I'm celebrating my 24th birthday!
Having had this wine a few years ago at the winery and giving it 100pts (I have given a perfect score to only 2 wines in my life) I was expecting more out of this magnum… maybe 102pts…
Anyways, here is the experience today, the wine is medium plus, during the first 10-15 min it was a bit acidic and tannic with green pepper notes and smoke, by minute 30+ it came together, the acidity settled down and the greenish notes went away, very good harmony, and the best part was the super long and persistent finish.
100pts wine, not today. There are perfect bottles of wine but there are not perfect wine. Many factors play a role on giving out a perfect score, company, food, environment, “the moon”, you name it. So today I was let down for creating unrealistic expectations…
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Sweet red fruits - blackberries, blueberries, black raspberries. Brown sugar. Fine tannin on front, full body in mid-palate, medium finish. Still has some green on the finish, could use a few more years of aging.
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1 hour decant. Good balance and structure for a 16 yo . Dark fruit, mocha with some plum . There’s a hint of secondary flavors, roasted coffee. Drinks like a better first growth 2003 Bordeaux . Ripe. Some eucalyptus on the finish which is very Cali like. We decided that there was something missing but we can’t identify what
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Then when we though the "party was over" Justin poured more juice in the fourth glass that was mysteriously empty until this point. I asked him not to reveal what it was so we could guess... To me it was a super complex, multidimensional and beautifully aged wine, being here it must be a Vérité wine but which one? I thought it was a 2004 La Muse because of the delicate notes and subtle combination of berries, chocolate, caramel and coffee beans. To my girlfriend it was a 2007 La Joile, you will have to read her review to see why. The reality is that we both had something right. It was a 2004 Vérité La Joie! Beautiful and what I will call a perfect wine 100 PTS for me!
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Tasted upon opening at midday, then at dinner. Minimal, if any, bricking. Powerful from the outset, and requiring decanting. Unsurprisingly more rustic and austere than the 2004 Le Désir, yet with incredible elegance. A harmonious blend that shows plenty of structure and grip and imparted an impression of youth. It began to unwind after seven+ hours of air, delivering profound purity and complexity. Recommend holding for two to three years. There's room for improvement with this. 95-96.
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Popped and poured and was delicious from the first sip. Dark and luscious with no hint of age. It opened up nicely with lots of rounded red and black fruits, smoke and soft tannins. Nice concentration but a bit short on the finish. Will last another 5-10 years at least.
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1-1/2 hr decant. Side-by-side with 2004 Verite La Muse. More weight with medium body. Better potential to age with stronger tannins. Still Sonoma and french style fruit profile but a little darker than La Muse with dark cherry and plum.
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Had this open for a couple of days in a eurocave preserving system. Green streak faded and this is a very, very nice bottle of claret. But a long decant appears essential at this time.
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Deep red. Nose of coffee, cocoa and toasted oak. Tight and tannic -- there's current, bitter chocolate and a lot of oak; also a green streak in it with some bell pepper. This is a little angular right now -- after 90 minutes or so the green faded a bit but this still isn't fully integrated. Maybe just too early?
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1/21/2024 - gteran76 Likes this wine: 95 Points
This was my wine selection to celebrate my 24th anniversary in this great country, in other words, I'm celebrating my 24th birthday!
Having had this wine a few years ago at the winery and giving it 100pts (I have given a perfect score to only 2 wines in my life) I was expecting more out of this magnum… maybe 102pts…
Anyways, here is the experience today, the wine is medium plus, during the first 10-15 min it was a bit acidic and tannic with green pepper notes and smoke, by minute 30+ it came together, the acidity settled down and the greenish notes went away, very good harmony, and the best part was the super long and persistent finish.
100pts wine, not today. There are perfect bottles of wine but there are not perfect wine. Many factors play a role on giving out a perfect score, company, food, environment, “the moon”, you name it. So today I was let down for creating unrealistic expectations…
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8/31/2020 - enthusiastic_amateur Likes this wine: 91 Points
Sweet red fruits - blackberries, blueberries, black raspberries. Brown sugar. Fine tannin on front, full body in mid-palate, medium finish. Still has some green on the finish, could use a few more years of aging.
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7/1/2020 - Kevnzworld wrote: 95 Points
1 hour decant.
Good balance and structure for a 16 yo . Dark fruit, mocha with some plum . There’s a hint of secondary flavors, roasted coffee. Drinks like a better first growth 2003 Bordeaux . Ripe. Some eucalyptus on the finish which is very Cali like.
We decided that there was something missing but we can’t identify what
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12/30/2019 - gteran76 Likes this wine: 100 Points
Then when we though the "party was over" Justin poured more juice in the fourth glass that was mysteriously empty until this point. I asked him not to reveal what it was so we could guess... To me it was a super complex, multidimensional and beautifully aged wine, being here it must be a Vérité wine but which one? I thought it was a 2004 La Muse because of the delicate notes and subtle combination of berries, chocolate, caramel and coffee beans. To my girlfriend it was a 2007 La Joile, you will have to read her review to see why. The reality is that we both had something right. It was a 2004 Vérité La Joie! Beautiful and what I will call a perfect wine 100 PTS for me!
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12/25/2016 - glevernois wrote: 90 Points
It wasabi, but no where near our expectations after the tasting at the vineyard...
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3/10/2015 - Motz wrote: 95 Points
Tasted upon opening at midday, then at dinner. Minimal, if any, bricking. Powerful from the outset, and requiring decanting. Unsurprisingly more rustic and austere than the 2004 Le Désir, yet with incredible elegance. A harmonious blend that shows plenty of structure and grip and imparted an impression of youth. It began to unwind after seven+ hours of air, delivering profound purity and complexity. Recommend holding for two to three years. There's room for improvement with this. 95-96.
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1/6/2015 - michael47 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Popped and poured and was delicious from the first sip. Dark and luscious with no hint of age. It opened up nicely with lots of rounded red and black fruits, smoke and soft tannins. Nice concentration but a bit short on the finish. Will last another 5-10 years at least.
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10/1/2012 - dstraub wrote: 89 Points
Nothing really stood out. Lots of currant and chocolate flavors, probably could cellar a few more years.
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8/21/2012 - wabi47 wrote: 90 Points
currant and mocha on the nose; young and still tight currant, cedar, mocha, herb; a bit lean right now but has good stuffing and length
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11/18/2009 - Phin wrote: 93 Points
1-1/2 hr decant. Side-by-side with 2004 Verite La Muse. More weight with medium body. Better potential to age with stronger tannins. Still Sonoma and french style fruit profile but a little darker than La Muse with dark cherry and plum.
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9/17/2008 - nvandyk wrote: 93 Points
Had this open for a couple of days in a eurocave preserving system. Green streak faded and this is a very, very nice bottle of claret. But a long decant appears essential at this time.
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9/15/2008 - nvandyk wrote: 89 Points
Deep red. Nose of coffee, cocoa and toasted oak. Tight and tannic -- there's current, bitter chocolate and a lot of oak; also a green streak in it with some bell pepper. This is a little angular right now -- after 90 minutes or so the green faded a bit but this still isn't fully integrated. Maybe just too early?
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