2001 Peter Michael "Point Rouge" Sonoma County Chardonnay

A light green/gold color is followed by aromas of roasted hazelnuts intermixed with honeysuckle, orange skin, and sweet citrus. This expansive, powerful, packed wine boasts loads of flavor, zesty underlying acidity as well as definition, and fabulous purity and length. This profound Chardonnay can compete with the finest grand cru white Burgundies ... and then some! It should drink well for a decade or more. (RP)