Wine Doctrine
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3 notes

1998

Vérité

California · Sonoma County

More black fruited than I would have expected given its age, but the leather and soil elements waltz in and provide a layer or two of complexity that holds interest. It's a little Plain Jane in…

Reviewed 15 July 2025
2015

Vérité La Joie

California · Sonoma County

More accessible and blacker fruited than its 2013 sibling served next to it, the 2015 is still just as medium-bodied but offers more mouth-watering fruit, with less of the 2013's green elements…

Reviewed 6 June 2023
2013

Vérité La Joie

California · Sonoma County

Grippy blackberry, with healthy doses of green peppercorns, bark, menthol, and pyrazine elements make for a profile that is fairly strict and taut. There is a bitter tinge that carries through the…

Reviewed 6 June 2023