Peter Michael - Cabernet Sauvignon Au Paradis 2019 (750ml)
Price: $300.00
Sale Price: $225.00
| Producer | Peter Michael |
| Country | United States |
| Region | California |
| Subregion | Napa Valley |
| Varietal | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Sku | 5538 |
| Size | 750ml |
Jeb Dunnuck: 97 Points
Hailing from Oakville the 2019 Au Paradis is nuanced with ripe redcurrant fresh tobacco and sweet baking spice. The palate is fully dry and has lift through its dark fruited profile. The midpalate is flush with roses and ripe red plum giving way to a well-balanced tannic structure. Drink 2024-2044. Sir Peter Michael founded his eponymous winery in 1982 after having been inspired by the wine of Chateau Montelena which led him to California. In 2020 Robert Fiore took the helm as winemaker but the previous winemaker Luc Morlet remains as a consultant. Robert studied at the Colorado School of Mines which led him to a career in environmental geophysics before finding his path into the world of wine. He went on to UC Davis to study Viticulture and Enology. Most recently Robert was a member of the winemaking team at Continuum in Napa. Vineyard manager Javier Avina has championed the land since 1991. Each of the sites are steep hillsides that modulate with varied exposition and soils in the Knights Valley. Sir Peter?s son Paul and his wife Emily oversee the management of the winery today.
Vinous: 97 Points
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Au Paradis is elite. Bright and aromatic with terrific delineation the 2019 is a fabulous yet embryonic wine that just needs time to flesh out. The energy and drive here are remarkable as is the expression of this vineyard in the Eastern Hills of Oakville. Dark red/purplish fruit spice lavender sage mint and rose petal lend quite a bit of nuance. In a vintage in which so many wines are all about immediacy and overtness Au Paradis is a wine for the future. - By Antonio Galloni on June 2022
jdWine Advocate: 96 Points
In 2009 Peter Michael purchased the former Showket Vineyard in Oakville on the hillside below Continuum and above Dalla Valle. That is the source for the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Au Paradis a blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon 16% Cabernet Franc and 8% Merlot. Matured in 60% new French oak it's a fairly forward opulent wine marked by scents of cigar box tobacco cassis cherries and fine leather. Full-bodied rich and velvety without being chocolaty or overdone the lingering finish is?texturally?plush winter-weight flannel pajamas interwoven with complex faintly herbal threads.
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