There he had the good fortune to discover a gold mine of a property and has enjoyed tremendous success with a stable of estate-grown Chardonnays and the Bordeaux-inspired red called Les Pavots.īut he never put Napa out of his mind. Michael, a Britain-born tech tycoon, had looked at land in Napa Valley in the 1970s but settled instead in a remote corner of Knights Valley due north of Napa. The Showkets made a small amount of wine but sold most of their grapes to the likes of Caymus, Shafer and Dalla Valle before an illness in the family led them to sell the vineyard to Peter Michael in 2009. The couple bought the sloping hillside parcel off Silverado Trail next to Dalla Valle. The vineyard was planted in 1988 by Kal and Dorothy Showket.
The wine speaks of its site, farmed and vinified to perfection by an experienced team capturing the brilliance of a bountiful vintage. This producer’s stellar reputation was built on wines grown in Sonoma County, but the 2012 bottling of Au Paradis proves its deft touch extends to Napa. A small, previously little-known vineyard in Napa Valley’s Oakville District has produced a wine that epitomizes the modern style of Napa Cabernet.Īu Paradis is the newest offering from Peter Michael Winery.
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