2013 verite, la joie, sonoma county
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Why We're Buying
La Joie is Vérité at its best. The cabernet sauvignon-dominant blend highlights Sonoma County's signature terroir and the spirit of New World wines. It has also received multiple 100-point ratings from critics such as Robert Parker and Jeb Dunnuck.
Critics Scores
James Suckling
Sensational aromas of blackberries, blueberries, violets and wet earth. Tar undertones. Full body, chewy yet polished tannins and a long, flavorful finish. A neoclassical wine with a great future. A majority of cabernet sauvignon in this Bordeaux blend. Needs two or three years to soften still.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
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.
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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.