Steve Pannell is one of the most highly regarded and awarded winemakers in Australian history
which is one of the reasons these wines are so much stronger than the 2013s across the board
The Bean has ordered me to bring home several cases of this excellent Gem for our near-term consumption with such dinners as salmon
This has a large core of dark currant
like oranges dipped in chocolate
2002 Peter Michael "Cuvee Indig̬ne" Knight's Valley Chardonnay Steve Pannell is one ofThere are 500 cases of the 2002 Chardonnay Cuvee Indigene, which comes from a parcel of Chardonnay vines made famous by Helen Turley, the Upper Barn Gauer Ranch, renamed the Alexander Valley Mountain Estate when it was acquired by Jess Jackson. This 2002 exhibits wonderfully buttered orange, brioche, and ripe citrus notes, terrific minerality, and a full bodied, layered, concentrated, intense style. Like all of these wines, it is brilliantly balanced