Peter Michael Winery Knights Valley Les Pavots 2021

Concentrated, luscious plum, greengage, garrigue, sage, bitter black chocolate, fennel, sharp mint blast on the finish. A relatively dry growing season without huge heat spikes, giving low yields with small berries and some of the highest phenolics since 2023. Robert Fiore winemaker since 2020, Luc Morlet consultant. All mountain fruit. First plantings of these vines in 1982, vineyard is planted on the slopes of Mount Saint Helena, 70% new French oak for ageing, hard to ignore that flash of heat. If you are going anywhere near this soon, think of at least a 6 hour carafe.