Vérité La Joie 2016

A serious wine in this vintage with excellent tannic hold and clear definition. The fruit is extremely ripe, with smoked raspberry and ripe blackberry notes. It is closed right now but with a silky, if knitted down, structure and a ton of juice running through the palate from beginning to end. Cabernet Sauvignon dominated. Drinking window: 2024-2040. Score – 97. (Jane Anson, decanter.com, Sept. 3, 2020)