2001 Peter Michael Chardonnay La Carriere
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The knock-out 2001 Chardonnay La Carriere offers honeyed citrus, liquid mineral, floral, and exotic tropical fruit characteristics as well as admirable definition, texture, body, and richness. Although I suspect the acids are high, the wine is more concentrated than the 2000 with more depth as well as fruit. This brilliant effort should age nicely for 5-8 years. (Release date 4/03) Tel. (707) 942-4459; Fax (707) 942-0209
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Robert Parker
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Pale yellow. Pungent peach, pink grapefruit, chalk and spices on the nose. Soft, smooth, airy and very dry, with delicate notes of lime, wet stone and spices. A distinctly minerally style that calls to mind Puligny-Montrachet. This might have seemed almost too dry without its two grams-per-liter residual sugar. From a very low crop level under two tons per acre. This, too, seems considerably richer than the 2000 version.
About the producer
Founded in 1983 by Sir Peter Michael CBE and his wife Margaret, Peter Michael Winery produces some of California’s finest wines.