Verite, La Muse

The 2002 La Muse is a marvel of complex fruit and savory notes harmoniously intermingling. The color is a dark ruby with just a touch of garnet around the rim. The wine possesses incredibly fresh acidity, with a moderate level of silky, fine-textured tannin. Intense notes of raspberry coulis, pomegranate, Bing cherry, redcurrant, leather, dried porcini, forest floor, sweet tobacco leaf, truffle, and a touch of black olive tapenade combine for a beautifully complex wine. Tasted directly from the bottle prior to decanting, the 2002 La Muse is quite savory, with the fruit emerging and fleshing out around the forty-five-minute mark in the decanter. The delicacy and tannin structure of this wine will allow ten to twenty years of aging.