2013 Verite, La Joie, Sonoma County

Colour: Red

Vintage: 2013

Region: California

% Alcohol: 14.50

95 DWWA

100 RMPJ

Out of stock

Tasting Notes and Scores

95 DWWA

The most brooding and massive wine in the Verité portfolio, creamy cassis, plum and graphite are followed by a large-scaled, dense and intensely concentrated, savoury wine which lives up to its reputation as Sonoma's answer to Pauillac. 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot.

Decanter World Wine Awards

2016-05-31

100 RMPJ

The 2013 La Joie, which is 46% from Knights Valley, 32% from Chalk Hill and 22% from Alexander Valley, is a blend of 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot. Showing loads of graphite, cedar wood, charcoal, crème de cassis and forest floor, this may well turn out to be a 50+-year wine. It tastes like a great first-growth Pauillac and has an amazing amount of complexity and richness.

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Robert Parker

2015-10-30