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🇺🇸 From Peter Michael · Knights Valley · California · United States

Peter Michael, L'Esprit des Pavots, Knights Valley

Red · Knights Valley · first vintage on our lists 2003

Poured at 47 of the world's top restaurant lists in 4 countries, across 19 vintages from 2003 to 2022, with 59 realized lots at auction.

Where it's poured
47 rooms in 42 cities across 4 countries, from the lists we read. Dots sized by rooms pouring.
42 cities
The map · 43 US rooms in 38 cities
Seattle 2Washington 2New Orleans 2Healdsburg 2Scottsdale 2Bozeman 1Campbell 1

Every dot is a city where we read a list pouring Peter Michael, L'Esprit des Pavots, Knights Valley; dot size is the number of rooms.

The vintages
19 vintages on the world's lists, 2003 to 2022. Pick a dot: size is rooms pouring, colour is age — under 15 years · mature · 25 and older. The from price is the lowest bottle price we've read on a list.
Rooms · from price
201020202022 · 13 rooms2021 · 7 rooms2020 · 10 rooms2019 · 3 rooms2018 · 4 rooms2017 · 2 rooms2016 · 5 rooms2015 · 2 rooms2014 · 3 rooms2013 · 2 rooms2012 · 4 rooms2011 · 2 rooms2010 · 1 room2009 · 1 room2008 · 1 room2006 · 3 rooms2005 · 3 rooms2004 · 1 room2003 · 1 room2022 · 13 rooms
202213 rooms pour it, 1 by the glass · from $85 on a list · most poured in Healdsburg · median at auction $63The 13 rooms
At auction
59 realized lots across the houses we read. Prices per 750ml, premium inclusive, converted at sale-date rates.
The full record →
Dec 2015Dots are real salesMar 2025

The 2010, 5 sales. Dots are real sales.

$48
Median at auction, per 750ml
×6.6
$315
Median on a restaurant list
13.8%
Twelve months, at auction
From the house
The rest of the Peter Michael canon, and where the house stands.
Rooms pouring
Knights Valley · California · United States19 wines in the canonranked 17 of 635 California producers by rooms pouring
More wines from Peter Michael
One wine, crosswalked to the world's top restaurant lists and 59 auction lots · Most listed · How we count
The Friday recap
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