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. There are nearly 2,400 cases of the 1994 Chardonnay Clos du Ciel, much of which came from fruit grown in the Liparita Vineyard on Howell Mountain. Most of the wine is fermented with wild yeast in French oak casks and bottled unfiltered. The 1994 is a gorgeously made Chardonnay that could easily compete with any Batard-Montrachet from Burgundy. It offers a rich, complex nose of honeyed oranges and other citrus fruits, toast, and floral scents. There is full body, great purity and ripeness, and a long, intense finish with enough acidity for balance. These are stunning Chardonnays that will be gobbled up when they hit the marketplace in 1996. Tel. (707) 942-4459; Fax (707) 942-0209