100 points Robert Parker: "The 2012 Le Desir (64% Cabernet Franc, 24% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% Malbec) reminds me of a young vintage of Ausone, such as 2005. The wine has amazing minerality and an explosive blueberry nose intermixed with blackberries, new saddle leather, charcoal and camphor. It is full-bodied, with espresso notes emerging on the palate. There are 1,900 cases of this super-endowed, prodigious wine that should drink well for 35-40 years. How fun it would be for mega-millionaires to put this in a blind tasting of a great vintage of Ausone in 10, 20 or 30 years from now. Drink: 2015-2055. (Oct 2015)"
The World of Fine Wine: "(64% CF, 24% M, 8% CS, and 4% PV). Dusty sweet nose with hay, lovely quality of freshness and presence--this is the most precise of the wines, mouth-coating fine chalky tannin and fresh ripe plum and sweet black-cherry fruit, very dark earthy chocolate, perfumed, notes of truffley forest floor, exotic spice. Both opulent and elegant, and utterly delicious. The finest of the three. (Issue 52; 2016)"
The World of Fine Wine: "(64% CF, 24% M, 8% CS, and 4% PV). Dusty sweet nose with hay, lovely quality of freshness and presence--this is the most precise of the wines, mouth-coating fine chalky tannin and fresh ripe plum and sweet black-cherry fruit, very dark earthy chocolate, perfumed, notes of truffley forest floor, exotic spice. Both opulent and elegant, and utterly delicious. The finest of the three. (Issue 52; 2016)"
| Product SKU | 325181 |
| Producer | Vérité |
| Country | United States |
| Region | California |
| SubRegion | Sonoma County |
| Varietal | Cabernet/Bordeaux Blends |
| Vintage | 2012 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Color | Red |
| Blend | 64% Cabernet Franc, 24% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Malbec |
| ABV | 14.5% |
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