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🇺🇸 From Verite · Sonoma County · California · United States

Verite, Le Desir, Sonoma County

Red · Sonoma County Bordeaux-style blend, Cabernet Franc based · first vintage on our lists 2000

Poured at 98 of the world's top restaurant lists in 11 countries, across 21 vintages from 2000 to 2021, with 260 realized lots at auction.

Where it's poured
98 rooms in 65 cities across 11 countries, from the lists we read. Dots sized by rooms pouring.
65 cities
The map · 80 US rooms in 54 cities
San Francisco 6Las Vegas 5Dallas 4Houston 4Washington 3Santa Monica 3Atlanta 2

Every dot is a city where we read a list pouring Verite, Le Desir, Sonoma County; dot size is the number of rooms.

The vintages
21 vintages on the world's lists, 2000 to 2021. Pick a dot: size is rooms pouring, colour is age — under 15 years · mature · 25 and older. The from price is the lowest bottle price we've read on a list.
Rooms · from price
2000201020202021 · 1 room2019 · 18 rooms2018 · 21 rooms2017 · 9 rooms2016 · 8 rooms2015 · 12 rooms2014 · 12 rooms2013 · 14 rooms2012 · 13 rooms2011 · 1 room2010 · 10 rooms2009 · 8 rooms2008 · 15 rooms2007 · 7 rooms2006 · 1 room2005 · 5 rooms2004 · 5 rooms2003 · 5 rooms2002 · 1 room2001 · 3 rooms2000 · 2 rooms2018 · 21 rooms
201821 rooms pour it · from $192 on a list · most poured in Santa Monica · median at auction $172The 21 rooms
At auction
260 realized lots across the houses we read. Prices per 750ml, premium inclusive, converted at sale-date rates.
The full record →
Jan 2015Dots are real salesJun 2026

The 2001, 58 sales. Dots are real sales.

$206
Median at auction, per 750ml
×3.9
$800
Median on a restaurant list
3.7%
Twelve months, at auction
From the house
The rest of the Verite canon, and where the house stands.
Reach · auction high
Sonoma County · California · United States5 wines in the canonranked 21 of 635 California producers by rooms pouring
poured at 130 rooms
$375high at auction
poured at 120 rooms
$1,171high at auction
One wine, crosswalked to the world's top restaurant lists and 260 auction lots · Most listed · How we count
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