Led by Mark Aubert, one of California's most talented, enthusiastic, and energetic young wine-making teams is pushing Peter Michael into the stratosphere. This is one of the most exciting wineries in not only Sonoma, California, but the world. It is not often you find a winery making exceptional Sauvignon, multiple cuvees of profoundly rich Chardonnays, and a Bordeaux-styled, classy, complex red wine. No one is missing a step at this winery located in the beautiful Knight's Valley, on the road between Calistoga and Santa Rosa. Peter Michael's 1994 Chardonnays have achieved such a high level of quality that they rival past vintages of the winery's luxury cuvee, Point Rouge. The 1994 Chardonnay Cuvee Indigene is a mindblowing Chardonnay. It tastes like a hypothetical blend of Coche-Dury's Corton-Charlemagne, Louis Latour's Chevalier-Montrachet, and Michel Niellon's Batard-Montrachet. An amazingly concentrated and fabulously pure Chardonnay, with extract levels that must be tasted to be believed, this profound wine is extremely intense, well-balanced, with adequate acidity, and a lusty, spicy finish. The quality of fruit is so remarkable that the high percentage of aging in new oak casks is largely obscured by the wine's fruit. Drink this nectar over the next 3-4 years. These are stunning Chardonnays that will be gobbled up when they hit the marketplace in 1996. Tel. (707) 942-4459; Fax (707) 942-0209