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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.8 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by timewithwine on 2/17/2008: SEE NOTES FROM REDNECKS & RED RHONES 08
Color of honey comb or pale lemon. Nose of marmalade, petrol, “grapefruit with a waxy component,” says the Colonel. White peaches and apricots and ....and ...some creamed corn. We cannot find any notes suggesting that Semillion is in the mix, but strongly suspect it’s in there. Balanced and elegant with not a hint of the 14.1% alc. Two and a half hours after opening it, it hasn’t moved a bit; just as solid as it ever was. With all of the chevre cheeses and Tomme du Laveron, but best with the Fleur Verte. (192 views) | | | Tasted by Tejano on 10/21/2006 & rated 88 points: Last bottle...light gold color and an even nose of minerals and still had that citrus twang accented by grapefruit...but more substance than the last bottle and actually quite nice, but more than ready to drink. Held up quite well with a medium grip and a nice crisp finish. (2680 views) | | | Tasted by Tejano on 7/28/2006 & rated 82 points: Mmmmm...shouda drunk this up along time ago. Strong gold color...darker than before with a muted nose of citrus and on drinking a loss of acidity and crispness leaving nuances of grapefruit...one left that I don't have a lot of hope for. (2687 views) | | | Tasted by Tejano on 10/2/2004 & rated 89 points: Eight wines... and a seven course dinner for four.: Our second course of the evening was a baked coquille pie of baby scallops and shrimp, tied together with a reduction of the seafood juices after flash sauteing, and a duxelle of mushroom and cream, topped with puff paste for a nice little package when baked. The wine was light and muted in color, with a grapefruity citrus nose, and while not a strong presance, there was ample acidity and structure to compliment the sweetness of the scallops. A very pleasant surprise of a wine, and an introduction of how nice a quality sauvignon blanc can be to a few of my quests. Third of eight wines. (4950 views) | | | Tasted by buckeye76 on 10/20/2002 & rated 92 points: PINEAPPLE AND SPICE IN THE NOSE AND A FLAVOR TO MATCH. MEDIUM TO LONG FINISH. (834 views) | | | Tasted by dbg on 5/3/2001: very good (2345 views) |
| By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2000, IWC Issue #90
(Peter Michael Winery Sauvignon Blanc L'Apres-Midi Sonoma County) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Peter Michael Producer website<br><br>The Peter Michael Winery is the California outpost of British-born Sir Peter Michael who has shown a Midas touch for selecting brilliant winemakers, including Helen Turley, Mark Aubert, Luc Morlet and more recently Luc’s brother, Nicolas. The consistency of these offerings from the cool climate hillside vineyards in Knight’s Valley and the Sonoma Coast has been respected and cherished by each of these winemakers... All things considered, Peter Michael is one of the reference point wineries in California.
Sauvignon Blanc Varietal CharacterUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Sonoma CountyMendocino County |
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