Lot 165
KISTLER VINEYARDS CHARDONNAY DURELL VINEYARD 2004 (1)
MOUNT MARY VINTAGE QUINTET 2003 (1)
OPUS ONE 2008 (1)
R WINES SHIRAZ F U 2004 (1)
STAG’S LEAP WINE CELLARS CABERNET SAUVIGNON ARTEMIS 2001 (1)
VÉRITÉ LA MUSE 2001 (1) WA 100
Lot 165 Details
KISTLER VINEYARDS CHARDONNAY DURELL VINEYARD 2004 (1)
Sonoma Valley.
marked label. wrinkled capsule.
MOUNT MARY VINTAGE QUINTET 2003 (1)
Yarra Valley, Australia.
u. bn. marked label.
OPUS ONE 2008 (1)
Napa Valley.
u. bn. wrinkled label.
R WINES SHIRAZ F U 2004 (1)
Barossa Valley, South Australia.
u. bn. scraped label.
STAG’S LEAP WINE CELLARS CABERNET SAUVIGNON ARTEMIS 2001 (1)
Napa Valley.
u. bn. stained & marked label.
VÉRITÉ LA MUSE 2001 (1)
Sonoma County.
u. bn. stained label. scraped capsule.
2001 was the first truly great vintage for Jess Jackson and Pierre Seillan, and that is evidenced by the utterly perfect 2001 La Muse, a blend of 87% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Malbec. Over three-fourths of it came from the Alexander Mountain estate of Jess Jackson, and the rest from Chalk Hill, Knights Valley, and a tiny bit from Bennett Valley. This dense purple-colored effort exhibits notes of licorice, creme de cassis, plum sauce, violets and truffles. Full-bodied with magnificent density, overall equilibrium, stunning purity, sweet but abundant tannin and a fabulous finish, this profound wine remains a baby at age ten. Give it another 5-6 years of bottle age and drink it over the following 35-40+ years. It is very French in style even though one could argue that this level of concentration can only be achieved by a handful of wines from Pomerol and St.-Emilion. May 2011 WA 100