with a rustic Ribera character

and here Léoville Poyferré shows itself as a wine with enormous personality

and silky structure

and ripe cherries

suggesting that it will need several years in bottle

Verité - La Muse, La Joie, Le Désir Assortment, 2007 , 75cl 2-set with a rustic Ribera characterA profound blend of 44% Cabernet Franc, 44% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% Malbec, with 56% of the fruit from Chalk Hill, 26% from the Alexander Valley Mountain Estate, 14% from Knights Valley and 4% from Bennett Valley, the 2007 is a wine of unbelievable intensity. It boasts a deep blue purple color as well as notes of acacia flowers, graphite, licorice, blackberries, blueberries and a hint of burning embers charcoal, superb intensity and