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2004 Peter Michael Les Pavots (750ml)
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Vintage: 2004
Format: 750ml
Wine Name: Peter Michael Les Pavots
Vineyard:
Designation: Les Pavots
Appellation: Knights Valley
Producer: Peter Michael
Varietal: Red Bordeaux Blend
Type: Red
Country: USA
Region: California
Sub-Region: Sonoma County
Tasting note: A wine of immense power and finesse, much like the 2001. Rich and plush,
with well-defined currant, blackberry, black olive, mocha, toasty oak
and chocolate flavors evenly distributed on the palate. Gains velocity
midpalate, ending with a long finish. (95pts. JL, Wine Spectator)
Tasted: Mar. 2011
Score: 95
Drink: Through 2024
Tasting note: The 2004 Les Pavots is ripe and is a relatively similar blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. The wine exhibits notes of forest floor intermixed with chocolate, blueberry, blackberry, espresso, and spice. It is strikingly more tannic, and closed compared to the 2005, which is almost the reverse of the vintage character. There were only 2,000 cases produced of the 2004, which needs 2-3 years of bottle age and should drink well for 15+ years. (93pts. Robert Parker)
Tasted: Dec. 2007
Score: 93
Drink: 2009-22
Tasting note: Deep ruby. Sexy blackcurrant and boysenberry aromas with complicating tobacco and espresso tones. Lush and sweet, with dark fruit flavors, full body and dense, chewy tannins providing support. Turns silky with air, picking up more energetic red fruit tones and a light suggestion of iron. Finishes suave, focused and long, the blackcurrant note repeating. Luc Morlet compares this to the 2001 version. (93pts. JR, Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar)
Tasted: May/Jun. 2007
Score: 93
Drink: N/A
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