Descripción

Elegancia, suavidad y fuerza se unen en este vino prodigioso dominado por la Merlot cultivada en los mejores microcrus del este de Sonoma County. Violetas, cereza negra y cassis en un tinto de final larguísimo e inolvidable y extraordinario pontencial de guarda. Para coleccionistas.

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Vérité Winery
Tipo
Tinto
Añada
2014
Grado
14.2% vol.
Variedad
87% Merlot, 10% Cabernet franc, 3% Malbec
Origen
Sonoma County

Cata

Nariz
Los aromas fragantes de fruta negra y especias se mezclan con notas de cacao en polvo.
Boca
Gran equilibrio, elegancia y final largo.
Temperatura de servicio
16 ºC.

Viñedo y elaboración

Descripción
Viñedos ubicados a entre 182 y 548 metros de altitud y repartidos en Chalk Hill, Alexander Valley, Bennet Valley y Knights Valley.
Edad
Cepas plantadas entre 1990 y 1999.
Suelo
Compuesto por roca, grava y cenizas volcánicas, arcilla y basalto.
Envejecimiento
Crianza de 15 meses 100% en barricas de roble francés, la mayoría nuevas.

Opinión de los críticos

The Wine Advocate:

The 2014 La Muse (2,800 cases ) is a legendary effort. The wine offers an opaque purple color and a gorgeous nose of lead pencil shavings, blackberry, incense, Asian spice, cocoa, plum, and a touch of chocolate and barrique. On the palate, more cassis and blackberry come to the forefront. The wine is unctuous, with adequate acidity and a stunning energy underneath the massive fruit and body. This is a spectacularly fragrant and, at the same time, dense wine, with enough structure (somewhat surprising in this vintage) to last 35-45+ years. The final blend was 88% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 2% Malbec.

Jeb Dunnuck:

A gorgeous effort as well, the 2014 La Muse is a Merlot-dominated cuvee blended with 10% Cabernet Franc and 2% Malbec. This deep ruby/purple-colored beauty boasts a terrific perfume of black raspberries, cassis, graphite, chocolate, and a beautiful earthy minerality. This isn’t your over the top, opulent Merlot and shows incredible class and purity, as well as full-bodied richness, high, yet integrated tannin, impeccable balance and a great finish. It’s not anywhere close to primetime (which is rare for a 2014) and needs 4-5 years at a minimum. It’s going to be incredibly long-lived.

 

 

 

James Suckling:

Aromas of blackberries and pine needles. Blackcurrants, too. Very perfumed. Full-bodied, very tight and linear. Firm and silky tannins. Closed up now. Shows beautiful potential. Better in 2021.