Peter Michael Chardonnay La Carriere Knights Valley 2021 1500ml

La Carrière, French for "the quarry," is a steep, rocky Peter Michael vineyard carved into the volcanic slopes of Knights Valley, and it yields the estate's most taut, mineral Chardonnay. The 2021 earned 98 points from James Suckling, who praised its tight, focused palate. From roughly 30-year-old vines of the Wente, Hyde and Dijon clones, it shows white peach, apple, lemon curd, meringue and oyster shell, with a silky, concentrated texture and a long, flinty, tangy finish. The small, low-yielding 2021 harvest gave exceptional purity and drive. This magnum is built for patience: give it a few years, then enjoy it over the following decade or more.