2013 Verite La Muse
Reviewed by Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Issue Date 30th Oct 2015
Source 221, The Wine Advocate
Rating 100points ←完璧な評価です
Release Price $390
Drink Date 2020 - 2070 ←飲み頃に入っています
The 2013 La Muse, like all of the 2013s, comes about one-third from Alexander Valley vineyards, 40-plus percent from Chalk Hill, and the rest Knights Valley and Bennett Valley ? all high-elevation hillside vineyards. A blend of 89% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 3% Malbec at 14.3% alcohol, the wine is amazingly like a great vintage of Petrus, with mulberry, black cherry, licorice, truffle and unctuous, thick, juicy fruit all present in this full-bodied masterpiece. The tannins are still present. The wine has purity and savory presence and is remarkable. The finish goes on for well past a minute. This wine would probably benefit from 5-8 years of bottle age and last 40-50 years.
2013 Verite La Joie
Reviewed by Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Issue Date 30th Oct 2015
Source 221, The Wine Advocate
Rating 100points ←完璧な評価です
Release Price $390
Drink Date 2015 - 2065 ←飲み頃を迎えております
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, creme 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.