2024 Peter Michael Sauvignon Blanc l'Apres-Midi

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94 Wine Advocate - The 2024 Sauvignon Blanc L’Après-Midi contains 6% Sémillon. It matured in around 15% new French oak and was bottled the spring after the harvest. It has continually unfurling scents of flint, white peach, tarragon, lemongrass, graham cracker, chamomile and honey. The full-bodied palate is bursting with layers of flinty stone and citrus fruit, and it has a lifted, silky texture. It’s balanced by succulent acidity and has a long, perfumed finish.

One of California’s more serious, Bordeaux-inspired expressions of Sauvignon Blanc, L’Après-Midi comes from Peter Michael’s high-elevation Les Pavots Vineyard in Knights Valley. The 2024 is 96% Sauvignon Blanc and 4% Sémillon, whole-cluster pressed, naturally fermented in French oak and aged on its lees with bâtonnage. Importantly, the winery blocks malolactic fermentation, preserving freshness and acidity despite the wine’s considerable richness.

The 2024 is lush yet beautifully energetic, showing guava, white nectarine, peach and mango alongside lemon zest, grapefruit and floral notes of jasmine and white rose. Barrel fermentation and lees aging give it a creamy, silky texture, while a strong vein of chalk, flint and saline minerality keeps the wine taut and refreshing. The finish is long, citrus-driven and remarkably precise for such a full-bodied Sauvignon Blanc.

The vintage is particularly attractive because 2024 was a mild, relatively even growing season in Knights Valley, allowing the Sauvignon Blanc to retain excellent natural freshness while achieving full flavor development.

Vinny-style: A serious Sauvignon Blanc with almost White Bordeaux ambitions—exotic guava, white peach and nectarine layered with lemon zest, jasmine and subtle oak, all wrapped around a creamy texture and terrific chalky, saline minerality. Rich and luxurious, but never heavy; the 2024 finishes with tremendous freshness, precision and length.

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