(180 cases produced) This is a real cool and quick story. For twenty years Alan Pierson was the estate manager and helped build Peter Michael winery to what it is today. Robbie Meyer was the winemaker there for five years.  They met and formed this partnership while also starting the Sage label which you are probably familiar with. The Sage wines were so good, Darioush bought the whole project including the vineyards on Mt. Veeder which in result freed these guys up to make the Pierson Meyer and L’Angevin wines full time. These Pierson Meyer offerings are outrageously great and thrilling wines from some of the best vineyards in northern California made by a couple of the most talented vino-eno-viti-gritty people in the world…..Coming from the Versant Vineyard on Pritchard Hill, this dense and extracted wine is a blast of blackberry, mocha, tobacco, and spice ready to drink now if you eat bolts but built to age for a while if you’re not into getting your ass kicked today.  They were nice enough to use only 70% new oak, letting the fruit shine through with only an accent of wood. We had these guys visit our store who have a wine shop in NYC and they couldn’t believe that we even HAD Pierson Meyer Cabernet. They said they thought it was the greatest thing since fake boobs and they charged $150 for it at their shop. There are a lot of wines out there that we’ve all bought for $150+ that are crap compared to this Cab.  And just in time for summer…..