THE PRODUCER
Vérité was founded in the 1990s by Jess Jackson, founder of Jackson Family Wines
and is inspired by the great classified growths of Bordeaux. Pierre Seillan has
been winemaker at Vérité since 1998, and today his daughter Helene is assisting
him.

Vérité produces three wines – La Muse, La Joie, and Le Desir – from over 50
micro- cru vineyards in the Sonoma County sub regions of Bennett Valley,
Alexander Valley, Chalk Hill and Knights Valley.

Each of the three cuvees represents an expression of the diversity of Sonoma
County. La Muse is Merlot-based blend and characterised by elegance and finesse.
La Joie is primarily Cabernet Sauvignon and is powerful and bold in style. and
finally Le Desir is a Cabernet Franc, and characterised by nuance and depth.

THE WINE
Le Desir is comprised of mainly Cabernet Franc, usually blended with a
relatively high proportion of Merlot and smaller portions of Cabernet Sauvignon
and Malbec. It is nuanced and multi-layered with exotic aromatics and nutmeg and
pepper spice, pronounced mineral graphite core and intense muscular midpalate
and length. Le Desir is likely inspired by specific top estates in top Bordeaux
commune, St-Emilion.

INFORMATION
Type:RedVintage:2015Country:U.S.A.
Region:California
Sub region:Sonoma CountyGrape:64% Cabernet Franc, 27% Merlot, 5% Cabernet
Sauvignon & 4% MalbecStyle:Bold and StructuredABV:14.5%Drinking window:2018 -
2060Size:750mlFood match:Beef and Venison

CRITICS SCORES
We choose our wines based on a range of criteria(seehow we choose our wines)of
which critic scores is justone. Rather than simply highlight the best score to
promote a wine, our average critic score is calculated from the scores provided
by several respected wine critics, who we follow for specific regions. They do
not represent all critic scores and, wherever possible, we try and give more
weight to more recent reviews. Where appropriate we consider market-based scores
like Global Wine Score or Wine Searcher Average scores.

As a rule, we look to offer wines that achieve a92/100average critic score or
better and frankly a lot of very good wines simply don’t make the cut. As a
high-end provider we want to reflect that positioning in the quality of wines we
offer. Such wines are only a tiny fraction of those generally on offer in the
market. We believe that an average score is a more conservative and
representative approach, but it is still subjective and only offered as a guide
to our customers, who will (and should) do their own research. We will add
individual critic scores to our website in the future.