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Manage Subscriptions2016 Peter Michael L'Esprit des Pavots
Red Bordeaux Blend
- USA
- California
- Sonoma County
- Knights Valley
Community Tasting Notes 11
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jimyeni Likes this wine: 94 points
March 17, 2024 - This was quite good. Floral, soft, red and black fruit. Beautiful wine
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tastefuldrop Likes this wine: 91 points
October 13, 2023 - Coravin pour at the amazing Avery restaurant & wine bar, San Francisco.
Does this wine have a gym membership? Its corporal proportions are enticing at 34-29-28% (CabSauv, Merlot, CabFranc) and it has a near perfect left-right balance between Napa & Sonoma. And yet, it’s a barbell heavy on one side and rusty on the other. It is undeniably Napa in delivering its dense, hot sucrosity upon impact and undeniably Bordeaux in lifting its sea-cave end (saline finish). This is not a compromise between each side of the Atlantic, this is a combination. Even though a disjointed one, initially. If the goal was to preserve natural beauty and tenderness from a lot of muscle, the Napa gym might need more A/C. If the goal was to append an embellishment to a big body, objective achieved. 91 points. -
GiWineDoc Likes this wine: 93 points
November 25, 2022 - Tasty. Big full wine
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Red Sox Fan Likes this wine: 93 points
January 21, 2022 - Short and not much to offer for the first three hours after decanting. Then the 16 L’Esprit des Pavots opened up with abundant blue fruits, cinnamon, spice, and everything nice including a long finish with modest tannins. Best to wait a few years before opening another bottle. If you have the time to treat this wine right, the QPR is quite good.
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bsumoba Likes this wine: 92 points
December 20, 2021 - Decent QPR. Drank over a couple days. Best on day 2. Nose opened up considerably with notes of violets, blue fruit, and dark blackberries. Good finish, not great. Can use a bit more time in bottle, but I wouldn't hesitate to drink now. I didn't realize how low the CS was in this bottling. This will be a crowd please for those who like Napa made Bordeaux style wines.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- Type Red
- Producer Peter Michael
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation L'Esprit des Pavots
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Sonoma County
- Appellation Knights Valley
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- Pending Delivery 1 (0%)
- In Cellars 1,676 (77%)
- Consumed 489 (23%)
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- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionSonoma County
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