Peter Michael Cabernet Franc Le Chapeau Blanc Knights Valley 2021 1500ml

Peter Michael is famous for its Knights Valley estate in Sonoma, but the family also farms vineyards in Oakville, and Le Chapeau Blanc is their rare, small-production Cabernet Franc from that Napa Valley holding. The French-trained winemaking team favors a classic, restrained style, and Cabernet Franc in their hands is aromatic and finely structured rather than heavy. The 2021 vintage, a second straight drought year, gave a small crop of intensely flavored grapes and is widely regarded as one of Napa's finest recent harvests. Expect red and dark berry fruit, violets, herbs and graphite with firm, polished tannins. This magnum will age slowly; open from about 2027 through the late 2030s.