Verite

Vérité is a highly regarded Sonoma County estate founded in 1998 by Jess Jackson and French vigneron Pierre Seillan to prove that California—specifically Sonoma’s hillsides—could produce world-class Bordeaux-style blends. Seillan brought decades of experience from Bordeaux and the Loire and applied a “micro-cru” philosophy in Sonoma, identifying more than 40 distinct vineyard blocks across Bennett Valley, Alexander Valley, Chalk Hill and Knights Valley. Each block is farmed separately and then blended to express wh…