La Muse Sonoma County Merlot Blend

Gorgeous bottle opened by some new friends while at Classic. My first Verite. Completely integrated and in a prime window. At 11-yrs old, this is the sweet spot for me. Mostly espresso and dark chocolate covered dates, alongside raspberries. Incredibly soft and the texture was basically perfect. One of those wines that seemed to be in perfect harmony...no one thing stood out, which can be a good thing!

Pretty cab and very Bordeaux like.

Merry Christmas to us!!

A 07 Verite vs 08 Levy & McClellan cage match tonight (PREVIOUS NOTES APPLY for L&M, but bump rating up to 9.4).

La Muse is the pomerol style of their 3 wines with 85% merlot, 10% cab franc, 5% malbec. 1.5 hour decant (some fine/cloudy sediment). A wondrous dark ruby red color. On the nose: Beautiful perfumed nose of dark raspberry, mocha, floral, slight funky earth, minty menthol, crushed rocks. Taste: a soft, smooth dry medium plus body wine with mouth coating plum, minerals, earth, currants and a long dry spicy tea finish. Everything in place and drinking well now with a number of years to go. Cheers!

Graceful. In a good place right now with no hard edges. Pricey, but likable nonetheless.

I do love it for its full bodied, Bordeaux bravado, but it did not strike me as a perfect, 100 point wine.

Wonderful. Full body.

Super dry style with just mind blowing complexity. Amazing stuff.

Good stuff.

"I'm not drinking any f***ing Merlot!" Well, ok, maybe THIS Merlot Blend!!