Peter Michael Cabernet Sauvignon Au Paradis Oakville 2022 750ml

Peter Michael Winery, best known for its Knights Valley estate, also farms Au Paradis, a vineyard in the eastern hills of Oakville, and bottles this wine as its Cabernet Sauvignon-based expression of one of Napa's most prestigious appellations. The name is French for "in paradise," in keeping with the winery's French-named cuvées such as Les Pavots and Ma Belle-Fille. 2022 was a drought year with a light crop, capped by a record Labor Day heat wave; growers who managed canopies and picking dates carefully made concentrated, structured wines. Expect deep cassis, blackberry, graphite and spice wrapped in firm, fine tannins. Give it several years in the cellar; it should age gracefully for two decades.