Verite La Joie - 2001 (750ml) woteki graphite and pen ink

graphite and pen ink

- By Neal Martin on June 2025

and resinous on the nose with peppery Cabernet herbs and smoke

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Verite La Joie - 2001 (750ml) woteki graphite and pen inkThe 2001 La Joie (71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc) remains a backward, youthful wine revealing an inky purple color as well as notes of graphite, licorice, creme de cassis, truffles and new saddle leather. It has fabulous fruit on the attack and mid palate, a massive, concentrated, tannic mouthfeel and a long finish. Even younger than La Muse, it needs another decade of cellaring and should age for 40 50 years thereafter.