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Peter Michael Winery, Les Pavots, 1991

Red Wine from California, United States
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One of the earliest bottlings of California's most Bordeaux-minded estate red, from a great long-haul vintage and now thirty-five years old. Les Pavots - "the poppies," named by Lady Michael for the wild California poppies that cover the Knights Valley ranch - had its debut vintage in 1989, so 1991 comes from the project's first years. Sir Peter Michael surveyed forty sites before settling on these slopes of Mount St. Helena, where the vineyard climbs from 900 to nearly 1,400 feet on rocky, rhyolitic volcanic soils, with the cooler-climate Cabernet Franc and Merlot planted on the upper blocks. The wine is a Cabernet Sauvignon-led Bordeaux blend, vinified traditionally, aged in French oak and bottled unfined and unfiltered. 1991 was a cool, drawn-out California season that produced structured, age-worthy Cabernet, and a well-kept bottle at this age trades primary fruit for cedar, tobacco and dried herb. From a private cellar: stand it upright for a few days, decant gently off the sediment, and drink it that evening.

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Robert Parker

91 points

"Peter Michael produces a Bordeaux-like, 100% Cabernet Sauvignon called Les Pavots. The 1991 Cabernet Sauvignon Les Pavots, which will be released September 1st, is Bordeaux-like with a fragrant pure, blackcurrant-scented nose, rich, medium to full-bodied flavors, and a fine underpinning of acidity and moderate tannin. Its long finish admirably combines power and intensity with finesse. It is not close to maturity. While it is accessible, I recommend 3-5 years of cellaring; it is capable of lasting for two decades." —Robert M. Parker, Jr.

More about Peter Michael Winery

Sir Peter Michael made his fortune in digital imaging (Quantel), then built this winery in Knights Valley, Napa-Sonoma border, releasing wines starting in 1987. Paul Michael and wife Emily now run the estate, which remains family-owned. Single-vineyard Cabernet-dominant blends, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc-Semillon blends: three wines have placed in Wine Spectator's Top 100, and 14 have scored 98+ by Parker. The mailing list holds most of it. Quality-first, quietly serious.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Vintage

    1991

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Sustainable

  • Style

    Rich

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Full Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Rare roast beef, rack of lamb with rosemary, roast squab, or aged hard cheeses. Keep the cooking simple and let the wine talk.

Tasting Profile

Fully mature Cabernet: cassis gone to dried currant, with cedar, tobacco leaf, dried herbs and forest floor. Medium to full-bodied, tannins soft and integrated, acidity still fresh, finishing long and savory.