8/20/2023 - Kbrumback wrote:

Moving the cellar and found this pleasant surprise. Been in a 56 degree cellar so in wonderful shape. We’ve been buying Peay for years and are fans of their light touch, age ability and true-to-terroir character.
PNP, pale rose on the edge, lovely and immediately expressive nose. Lovely acidity, nice lighter, red-leaning fruit, a bit of rose and herb. But mostly just a nice, flavorful and lovely CA Pinot in a nice drinking window. If I had more I wouldn’t feel rushed.
Just bought a bunch of their 2021s which are supposedly amazing. They may outlive me!

4/30/2023 - Kbrumback wrote:

Opened with friends at a Japanese-themed Donner party. This has a long life ahead of it. Agree w earlier comment that you should most def serve this cellar temp and not out of the fridge. Oak is still prevelant, lime/citrus and apple mist noteworthy. Nice long finish. Enjoyed w apps. Will try again in a year of two

1/8/2023 - Kbrumback Likes this wine:

Drank this with at dinner with a 2003 Louis Jadot Chambertin-Clos de Bèze. Both wines were in a great spot and paired well with sous vide duck breast. Interesting comparison as the Peter Michael leans burgundian and the Beze was more of a meaty, dark fruit Cali style pinot.
Agree with Mark1npt's tasting notes below, delicious, elegant, interesting wine that avoids the cola flavors that plague so many of its west coast neighbors. Drink up!

11/24/2022 - Kbrumback Likes this wine:

What a pleasant surprise. 100% echo the prior review. Fully mature, lovely, well-defined flavors. Last bottle from a mixed case. Drink em if you have any left.

8/14/2022 - Kbrumback wrote:

In a really nice place. Great combo of freshness acidity and fruit wo too much sweetness or the “cola” profile I sometimes get w RRV Pinots. Paired well w grilled chicken thighs and purple rice.
Will be interested to see where this is in 2-3,years

12/24/2021 - Kbrumback wrote:

Christmas Eve PNP with a roast baby pig; late addition paired with a 2002 Mouton. Not a great year for Bordeaux and not a fair fight. We have been fortunate enough to drink Abreu since 2006 and this did not disappoint. Agree with prior notes: full, rich and just delicious without being heavy or overbearing. Just kept getting better; led to arm wrestling for the last pour with my boys. Long life ahead, sad to only have 2 left!

12/24/2021 - Kbrumback Likes this wine:

Found this in the back of the cellar during a move. Nose was NOT nice, color is Ruby with a light fading towards the edge.
But…
The flavor was a pleasant surprise: baking spices, sweetness and still a bit of red fruit. Had this waiting on the roast to finish before the 2000 Mouton. Not unhappy.
Btw - pretty sure no one is still drinking this, but had to give it one last shout out.

9/1/2021 - Kbrumback Likes this wine:

Drank at Le Galleon in Beaune. Agree with earlier spice and energy notes. Definitely not a “mess”; lovely with the shellfish bisque and sweetbreads. Red fruits, some leather and savory notes, clearly better in a few years but wonderful on a late summer eve.

7/21/2020 - Kbrumback Likes this wine:

Wow. Got off the golf course, started a risotto and threw some local asarsgus and a sockeye filet on the grill. Pulled this from the cooler, PNP and super happy. Agree with most earlier comments: dark, earthy and deeply flavored, but with nice Pinot character and a blooming back end. This has plenty of life left. Much more going on here than some/many cola-flavored RRV pinots. Delicious wine. Happy to see what’s next.

1/2/2019 - Kbrumback wrote:

Last bottle at a Gramercy Tavern tasting dinner and an amazing compliment to the lamb loin w sausage. Agree with most of the previous notes: delicious, just entering a mature drinking window and yet still full of primary fruit.
My last bottle alas. May look for more on at auction.

1/6/2017 - Kbrumback Likes this wine:

OMG WTF happened? Came home and THIS was open and in the fridge! Who? How long? Jill; Grandma; Matt? Pretty good juice but damn.. Maybe it was Flora? Roscoe?
Gotta lock the cellar.

5/12/2016 - Kbrumback wrote:

tyummy; better than 2001

5/12/2016 - Kbrumback Likes this wine:

Drank from magnum at UNC graduation party for my son Mark. WOTN. Everything you could want in a middle-aged California cab. Still dark to the rim, great nose, a bit closed at start with casis and graphite note, that evolved beautifully. Awesome flavor profile; tannins evident but well integrated, very rich, full mouthfeel, but wonderful lift kept it from being heavy. Beautiful now but still a teenager. Left everyone wanting more.

3/8/2016 - Kbrumback Likes this wine:

Drank from magnum at Dovetail before Leon Bridges at The Beacon.
The second of three magnums I bought at release. Opened an hour before and decanted, the wine was dark to the rim and, while delicious, has a long, long life ahead.
All the flavor so you expect in a middle-aged St. Estephe, with long, complex, cab-dominated favors, this evolved wonderfully over the course of dinner. Very satisfying, and left me wanting more (wine and time in the bottle). Will leave the last alone for at least a few more years.

12/3/2015 - Kbrumback Likes this wine:

First visit to this wine in 3 years. Much happier this time around. This will never be a blockbuster and no, it won't compare to the 89 or 90 (alas); but it wasn't green, thin,leafy or hollow as many have written about the 2002s. Dark to the rim, nice legs, very cab forward, tannins still present but integrating. Nice. No rush on the balance of the case, but no real reason to wait either.

11/28/2015 - Kbrumback wrote:

First bottle of a half case. Drinking the 11s before the and 12s.
Medium weight, nice legs, good balance, fruit forward, very enjoyable. Developed nicely in the glass over a couple of hours.
My oldest GV Major 7s are 09s. Very much looking foreard to seeing how this Botdeaux blend develops. Would hope it shows the lovely range of my 1990 St Juliens. Thinking it might.

4/29/2015 - Kbrumback wrote:

- It's in total harmony with a full body. Juicy texture with a long finish - Awesome. Guilty pleasure.

11/24/2014 - Kbrumback Likes this wine:

Loved this wine. Drank with duck and a 2000 Usseglio mon Aieul CDP.
Both were awesome wines, but this was so much more enjoyable, complete and food friendly than the 2001 Seymours Syrah we had a couple weeks earlier. A little fresher, fruitier and less funky than the Usseglio, but both were great counterpoints to the other. Will try to get more. Highly recommended.

11/24/2014 - Kbrumback Likes this wine:

Very nice, fully mature, med what CDP. Everything in place, nice tertiary flavors, some funk. Plenty of runway left.

11/11/2014 - Kbrumback wrote:

Think it was the HydeVery nice, not flabby or oxidized, if anyhting better than a year ago
Try to age a few

11/11/2014 - Kbrumback wrote:

YumJill and E drank it
Really nice

11/11/2014 - Kbrumback wrote:

Good, but light

11/11/2014 - Kbrumback wrote:

Yum
But Abrue Thorevillos blew it away

9/25/2014 - Kbrumback wrote:

Only OK
2011 in a microcosm
Not unlike a 2nd or 3rd growth in a so so year
Good acidity and cedar notes, but not much stuffing

9/25/2014 - Kbrumback wrote:

For Imrans bday
Drank w 1985 Inglenook revs
They liked this better

9/25/2014 - Kbrumback wrote:

For Imrans birthday
They liked it

9/11/2014 - Kbrumback wrote:

Soft
But not flabby
Nice

9/11/2014 - Kbrumback wrote:

Ready

9/11/2014 - Kbrumback wrote:

Finally, secondary flavors
Yummy

9/11/2014 - Kbrumback wrote:

Yummy
Young primary cola

9/11/2014 - Kbrumback wrote:

Only so so
Drink up

6/14/2014 - Kbrumback Likes this wine:

Life left

6/14/2014 - Kbrumback wrote:

- Brick color with slow forming legs. It's in total harmony with a full body. Fleshy texture with a long finish.

5/31/2014 - Kbrumback Likes this wine:

Yummy
Slightly low in the neck and subjected to early less-than-ideal storage, so I was a little concerned. No need, decanted at Per Se at start of the meal. Poured at end of poultry and start of steak course. Really nice color, legs and nose. Round and mouth filling w the oft-mentioned graphite and cigar evident. More distinctive and lively than last weekends 1982 Cheval Blanc with more life ahead of it

5/31/2014 - Kbrumback wrote:

Drank at Per Se. Great color, deep and not fading. Wonderful, complete nose. Still has deeper fruit plus the furry funky deliciousness of a great older Grand Cru

4/27/2014 - Kbrumback wrote:

Agree w "Beatles" 100%.
Came out edgy and closed, opened up and was fine, but never developed the complexity, layers and wonder-fullness I look forward to in a well stored, 14 yo CPD from a good yr/reliable house.
Very good, not transcendant.

1/20/2014 - Kbrumback wrote:

- Garnet color with fast forming legs - Drank w duck lcs Footbal nite. Yummy, but not huge. Still slightly primary, no rush

12/8/2013 - Kbrumback wrote:

Ok, I get it. It's explosive, big,e rich, etc
But it didn't taste great, and a bottle at this price should. Too much extraction to be pleasurable w food. Don't think it will age gracefully. Lillian and Peay much better in their different styles

8/10/2013 - Kbrumback wrote:

Crazy good! I've had a few 100 point wines and must say this wine, at this dinner/date/company was their equal.
Decanted and poured straight away the nose was phenomenal, dark to the rim, glyceriny and captivating. In the mouth it was rich, sweet and just delicious (sorry for the lack of adjectives).
The majority of my Bordeaux are left bank, with a preference for St Julien and I've always wondered what the fuss, and pricing, with left bank was about. This bottle was an eye-opener.

8/10/2013 - Kbrumback Likes this wine:

Drank at Jean George's for Marks 21 bday before a 1990 L'Evangile.
Everything you would hope a mature Grand Cru should be; funky, barnyardy, deep and rich, sweet even. There were 5 of us, so we had a glass and a taste, but each sip was a little different and progressive. The sort of bottle you arm-wrestle for the last taste. So sorry it was my last.

6/15/2013 - Kbrumback wrote:

Drank w Deb and Roscoe w Serafina pizza and ravioli
Poured straight at cellar temp
Very closed noise and palette, not too tannic, medium weight, pleasant but not showing much
Decanted, much better in 30 to 45 mins

6/6/2013 - Kbrumback wrote:

Nice, primary, low acid, great nose and entry, low tannins, smooth. Alas limited secondary flavors. Hoping for better as my premier Cru Rochs enter their 5th year

6/6/2013 - Kbrumback Likes this wine:

Nice, but not amazing.
Better nose, deep and nice; good smooth entry, Round tannins and full Cali Pinot attack (if you can use that word as this is a typically low acid CA Pinot). Unfortunately very limited secondary flavors, despite decent length. Drank straight from bottle at cellar temp, so perhaps we didn't give it a fair shot, but it's probably as good as its going to get.

5/12/2013 - Kbrumback wrote:

Cork broke, but seal seemed good
Color still good, deep with only a little lightness at the edge
Alas, slightly oxidized and not at all what the last bottle was. Very little fruit, peppery, bit of cassis, a little angular. Oh well, 27 yo, you takes your chances....

3/29/2013 - Kbrumback Likes this wine:

Great aromatics! Color, fading a bit at the rim. Good fruit but missing the lift and expressiveness I expect from WS. By no means bad, just note outstanding. In a Burgundian dumb stage?

2/3/2013 - Kbrumback wrote:

Drank with duck confit watching the Super Bowl. Cellared since purchase.
Poured direct, no Brett, limited funk, great body and glyceriny legs, but not at all heavy or unbalanced. classic Beau nose, mature and delicious. Very good, but slightly (emphasis slight) one dimensional w/o the lift and nuance to call it great.

2/2/2013 - Kbrumback wrote:

Drank with duck breast, pan roasted baby spuds and beet/mâché salad.
Opened and poured directly from bottle at cellar temp an hour before dinner which was a bit of a mistake as first impression was of a young, tight and somewhat more tannic pinot. An hour later the wine had blossomed and was wonderful showing both length and great breadth. A powerful style with lovely balance and interesting delineation between the red fruits and spice notes. This has a long life ahead of it and as I only have 2 more West Block and 5 other 2008 SV Rochioli will try to wait at least a year for the next. No need to wait though, delicious now.

1/19/2013 - Kbrumback wrote:

Drank w Eileen and Charlotte after steak and 09 Gargiulo ovx
Obviously lighter, showed its red fruits and light spice (cinnamon), drank well over next 2 days
Did not know this was the only bottle

1/21/2013 - Kbrumback wrote:

- Medium forming legs. It's balanced with a full body. Round texture with a long finish - Delicious, dbl decanted 4 hours, accesable, primary, balanced and long. Tannins in balance. Give at least 2 years for next

12/31/2012 - Kbrumback Likes this wine:

Drank with duck breast and the 2008 Rochioli Russian River Pinot. This was much darker, deeper, sappier with nice sweetness and very glycerine mouthfeel. Much more on the dark fruit side than the Rochioli. A crowd-pleaser. The Cuvée Catherine and Elizabeth are worlds better.