Verite Le Desir 2014

Verite Le Desir 

Region: Sonoma, California, USA

Vintage: 2014

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: 51% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Franc, 16% Cabernet Sauvignon

ABV: 14%

Intense, deep inky color. Already expressing an aroma that is well-integrated, silky and refined but powerful. On the palate, an immediate explosion of complexity, where the Cabernet Franc shows its personality, its signature, its finesse, with power that makes the finish infinitely long. Very ripe currants, blackberry, plum, anise, licorice, white spice and discreet oak.

There are more than 50 “micro-crus” across four appellations that go into the wines. This mosaic of micro-crus provides a palette of aromatics, flavors, textures and structural elements needed to craft the wines of Vérité. Each micro-cru is harvested and fermented separately, then aged in French Oak barrels of various custom toasts. This carefully tailored winemaking technique and oak regimens shape  the personality of each lot, providing hundreds of unique components to create the architecture of the final blends of La Muse, La Joie and Le Désir.

A friendship developed between the Jackson family in California and the Seillan family in Bordeaux.  When Pierre Seillan visited California in 1997, he too saw the potential and did not hesitate when Jackson asked him to come to Sonoma County to realize this dream together. And so, Vérité was born.