Peter Michael Cabernet Sauvignon Les Pavots Knights Valley 2020 1500ml

Les Pavots, French for "the poppies," is the Bordeaux-style red from Sir Peter Michael's mountain estate in Knights Valley, named for the wild poppies on its slopes. The 2020 is a distinctive edition, built on 83% Cabernet Sauvignon with a higher share of Merlot than usual and no Cabernet Franc. It shows blackberry, ripe black cherry, black olive and mint with forest herbs, pine, cedar, crushed stone and wet earth, on a full-bodied, densely structured palate with velvety, plush tannins. Offered here in magnum, a format that ages slowly and gracefully, it will reward a few more years of patience and should drink well for 15 years or more.