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2008
Peter Michael Les Pavots Knights Valley
(750ml)
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Producer: |
Peter Michael Winery
petermichaelwinery.com
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| Appellation: |
Knights Valley - California - United States
(AVA)
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| Type: |
red
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| Varietal: |
Cabernet Sauvignon
- Merlot
- Cabernet Franc
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| Maturity: |
Drink |
| Rating: |
Outstanding |
| Est. Price: |
$167.00 |
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Tasting Notes:
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rated:
April 8, 2011
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Robert Parker
erobertparker.com
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95 points
"Peter Michael’s Bordeaux program is built around their flagship Cabernet Sauvignon-based wine, Les Pavots. The 2008 Les Pavots, a blend of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Cabernet Franc and 11% Merlot, offers up notes of roasted coffee, cocoa, chocolate fudge, black currants, licorice and a hint of truffles. This full-bodied, beautifully rich red boasts an opulent texture, impressive purity and a long finish. Impressively made with impeccable attention to detail (it is sorted berry by berry rather than grape bunch by grape bunch), this 3,500-case cuvee should drink well for two decades or more. Quality-wise, the 2008 is just a notch behind the stratospheric 2007.
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rated:
July 25, 2011
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Wine Spectator
winespectator.com
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98 points
"Presents a dazzling array of flavors, along with focus, style and authenticity. Dark, dense and spicy, showing berry, mineral, cedar, sage, roasted caraway and tobacco flavors, this is full-blown yet graceful, reverberating on the finish with the joys of ripe, stylish Cabernet. Cabernet blend. Drink now through 2024--JL. "
Best 2011-2024
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