Peter Michael

Calistoga

2011 Peter Michael Pinot Noir Fort Ross- Seaview Ma Danseuse
OCT 13 Ruby. Fruity, red berries, bit sweet nose, slightly spicy. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, rounded and again bit vanilla influenced, ripe, fruity, and velvety. Why all the barrels? 88

2011 Peter Michael Sauvignon Blanc Knights Valley L'Après-Midi
OCT 13 Towards lemon yellow. Gooseberries, yellow fruits, quite intense, vanilla background. Fairly fresh acidity and pretty soon the alcohol shines through and creates unbalance. Warm and yellow fruity, ripe. 87

2011 Peter Michael Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Au Paradis
OCT 13 Deep ruby, red rim. Some herbs, dark berries, vanilla and toasty nose, barrels. Freshish acidity, ripe tannins, alcoholic and unbalanced, massive, rich, how can people say that these wines are great? Have they lost their palate? Thank God I had some Champagne to rinse tha palate. And everyone at the table were not able to finish these glasses. Not released yet, but cannot remember to ever have tasted such unbalance in a barrel sample from Bordeaux. 86

2009 Peter Michael Chardonnay Knights Valley La Carrière
OCT 13 Towards lemon yellow. Apples, fruity, vanilla, oaky, some popcorn, ever so slightly floral on top. Freshish acidity, then vanilla, velvety vanilla palate, rounded vanilla and at the end, alcoholic finish, warm. One of the ladies at the table loved this barrel extravaganza. 87

2008 Peter Michael Ma Belle-Fille Sonoma County Chardonnay
OCT 11, #3 of the top ten wines of Wine Spectator in 2011 with this WS score: 97 Pale lemon, popcorn, vanilla, butter. Nice acidity, fatty texture, some alcohol sweetness, good length. Wine Spectator is on a different planet from me on some wines. 89

2007 Peter Michael Les Pavots Knights Valley
OCT 13 Almost black with red rim. Ripe, fruity, sweet, alcoholic, intense, some Port's smell less sweet. And this is served very cool! Medium avidity, high of ripeish tannins, some herbal notes, grippy, unbalanced and alcoholic. I'm really not impressed. Vulgar and tries to kill the palate. Sir Peter Michael himself is quite the opposite, a funny, charming and articulate man; he seems far more nuanced than his wines. 84

2006 Peter Michael Les Pavots Knights Valley
NOV 09 Pale ruby, clean elegant nose, bell peppers, herbs, red berries, blackcurrants. Very cool fruit. Nice acidity, ripe tannins, well balanced, long and elegant. Sweetish fruit on the palate. 92

2005 Peter Michael Les Pavots Knights Valley
NOV 09 Deep ruby, some blackcurrants, bell peppers, coffee and mocha and almost mineral in the back. Great balance and fruit intensity, good acidity and ripe tannins with good length. 90

2005 Peter Michael Point Rouge Sonoma Chardonnay

OCT 09 Sitrongul. Noe fat, moden nese, mineraler, nøtteskall, marsipan og noe søt frukt og overmodne pærer. Pen syre, noe alkohol i ettersmaken, søtlig frukt, tørr finish, grei finish. Litt fat. 84

1997 Peter Michael Cuvee Indigiene
DEC 09 Golden yellow, big, heavy nose, butter and nuts, minerals and burnt wood. Acidity a bit low, not to intense, quite tender, a bit warm finish, long. 89