Peter Michael Chardonnay Ma Belle Fille Knights Valley 2014 1500ml

Sir Peter Michael's estate in Knights Valley, on the volcanic slopes below Mount St. Helena in Sonoma County, produces some of California's most sought-after Chardonnays, and Ma Belle-Fille is among the most celebrated. The 2014 earned 98 points from Wine Advocate, which highlighted caramelized citrus and honeysuckle with huge body and concentration, and its "explosive aromatics." James Suckling found stone, dried peach, apple, minerals and lemon. A dry, early 2014 season produced concentrated fruit with good balance. Offered here in magnum, a format that keeps white wines fresh and lets them age more slowly, it is drinking well now and should hold through the end of the decade.