Peter Michael Winery Estate Vineyards Les Pavots Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2005
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Ratings on Delectable
Stefan Dolhain 
2008 vintage. From the Knights Valley AVA (Sonoma). A blend of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Cabernet Franc, 8% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot. Very impressive. Ripe blackberry fruit, spices, and truffles jump out of the glass. Powerful and elegant at the same time with layers of black fruit, great balancing acidity, haute couture tannins, and a very, very long finish. Irresistible now, but this should age well for decades. Abv. 14,5%.
2008 vintage. From the Knights Valley AVA (Sonoma). A blend of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Cabernet Franc, 8% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot. Very impressive. Ripe blackberry fruit, spices, and truffles jump out of the glass. Powerful and elegant at the same time with layers of black fruit, great balancing acidity, haute couture tannins, and a very, very long finish. Irresistible now, but this should age well for decades. Abv. 14,5%.
9.7
"Odedi"
For my 5,000th review on Vivino, it's time for a special bottle. Here is a gorgeous Bordeaux blend. Dark ruby in color with a short brick rim. Gorgeous nose of blueberries, cherries, oak, vanilla, licorice, spices, chocolates, smoke, eucalyptus, black pepper, tobacco, herbs, leather, wet leaves, earth, vegetables and graphite. Medium plus in body with medium acidity and long legs. Smooth and elegant. Dry on the palate with blueberries, plums, cherries, figs, licorice, wood, vanilla, sweet cherries, graphite, spices, earth, wet leaves, herbs, light vegetables and black pepper. Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries. What a great surprise. This Bordeaux blend is drinking so beautifully right now. Well balanced and very complex. Gentle with lots of fruits and earth notes. This 14 year old from Knights Valley needs a couple of hours to open up properly and really show up. Delicious. Robert Parker 95 points. Wine Spectator 95 points. A blend of 63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Cabernet Franc, 12% Merlot and 2% Petit verdot. I paired it with a charcuterie board of meats and cheeses. 15.1% alcohol by volume. 97 points. $200.
For my 5,000th review on Vivino, it's time for a special bottle. Here is a gorgeous Bordeaux blend. Dark ruby in color with a short brick rim. Gorgeous nose of blueberries, cherries, oak, vanilla, licorice, spices, chocolates, smoke, eucalyptus, black pepper, tobacco, herbs, leather, wet leaves, earth, vegetables and graphite. Medium plus in body with medium acidity and long legs. Smooth and elegant. Dry on the palate with blueberries, plums, cherries, figs, licorice, wood, vanilla, sweet cherries, graphite, spices, earth, wet leaves, herbs, light vegetables and black pepper. Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries. What a great surprise. This Bordeaux blend is drinking so beautifully right now. Well balanced and very complex. Gentle with lots of fruits and earth notes. This 14 year old from Knights Valley needs a couple of hours to open up properly and really show up. Delicious. Robert Parker 95 points. Wine Spectator 95 points. A blend of 63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Cabernet Franc, 12% Merlot and 2% Petit verdot. I paired it with a charcuterie board of meats and cheeses. 15.1% alcohol by volume. 97 points. $200.
9.7
Shay A
Lots of fun bottles were popped at Al’s hosting this past weekend for his birthday celebration. All were served blind. 1 sparkler, 2 whites, 6 reds and 1 dessert wine. En mag. Probably the most difficult wine of the night to identify. Hardly anyone even got close to calling this cab. I was leaning Grenache or ripe vintage burgundy as I thought I was detecting a bit of whole cluster usage due to the lifted profile and stemmy/spice red fruit notes. Yet by the end of the night, the structure beefed up and the spice turned more sweet. Lovely cherry liqueur, sandalwood, baking spices and baked red fruited pie notes.
Lots of fun bottles were popped at Al’s hosting this past weekend for his birthday celebration. All were served blind. 1 sparkler, 2 whites, 6 reds and 1 dessert wine. En mag. Probably the most difficult wine of the night to identify. Hardly anyone even got close to calling this cab. I was leaning Grenache or ripe vintage burgundy as I thought I was detecting a bit of whole cluster usage due to the lifted profile and stemmy/spice red fruit notes. Yet by the end of the night, the structure beefed up and the spice turned more sweet. Lovely cherry liqueur, sandalwood, baking spices and baked red fruited pie notes.
9.3Andrew Holloway
Dense and rich but with a freshness to keep it interesting
Dense and rich but with a freshness to keep it interesting
9.5
