Tasting Notes
"A blend comprised primarily of Cabernet Sauvignon that is articulate and powerful, La Joie expresses the richness and depth of a Pauillac-style wine. It begins with a deep, dense purple color, offering up aromas of black currants, coffee, caramel, spicebox, herbs, and smoke. This is a full-bodied, complex and multi-layered wine with vanilla, chocolate, cassis and black fruits on the mid-palate followed by coffee bean flavors and youthful tannins on an exceptionally long finish." - Pierre Seillan, Vigneron

Acclaim
95+ Points - The Wine Advocate, Robert M. Parker, Jr., December 2005
"It offers up smoky, sweet scents of lead pencil shavings, cedar, spice box, volcanic earth, black currants, and smoke. With excellent fruit, full-bodied power, a layered texture, and an exceptionally long finish."

94+ Points - International Wine Cellar, Stephen Tanzer, May 2006
"Good bright ruby-red. Very ripe aromas of cassis, black cherry, graphite, iron, tobacco, menthol and spice cake. Lush and broad on entry, then sweeter and lusher in the middle palate than the Muse, with a captivating chocolatey quality and outstanding volume. As rich and full as this is, there's no sense of excess weight. Finishes long, dense and palate-saturating with major dusty tannins. This Pauillac is sweeter and deeper than Seillan's Pomerol, a comment on the comparative quality of cabernet sauvignon and merlot in California's North Coast."

Specifics
Composition: 72% Cabernet Sauvignon,19% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 4% Petit Verdot
Source: 100% Sonoma County
Oak: 16 months barrel aging in 100% New French oak
Alcohol: 14.2%
TA: 0.60
pH 3.51