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Araujo Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard(2000)
- Winery:
- Araujo Estate Wines
- Varietal:
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Region:
- USA > California > North Coast
- Type:
- Red Wine
- User Tags:
- red grape, cabernet sauvignon, berry, color descriptors, merlot, black fruit, caramel, dessert, oak - heavy, balance
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June 2007
- More than two thirds of the 41-acre Eisele Vineyard are dedicated to cabernet sauvignon and its companion varieties, cabernet franc, petit verdot, and merlot. The grapes are crushed and fermented in several small lots, then transferred to French oak barrels for two years of aging in the winery's caves. The resulting wine is an intense expression of the Eisele Vineyard terroir and the nature of the vintage, showing the characteristic flavors of cassis, black cherry, cedar, chocolate and slate, with a lingering mineral finish. Araujo Estate cabernets are noted for their silky texture and great finesse.
- The Wine Messenger
- 91/100
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July 2007
- The 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard is a 1,700 case blend of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Petit Verdot and Merlot. This vintage produced lighter wines, resulting in a Bordeaux-like example of this cuvee. After 22 months in oak, this textured, perfumed Cabernet offers up aromas of black currants, earth, and lilacs (reminiscent of Chateau Margaux). It possesses a deep ruby/purple color as well as medium body, a good texture, a slight austerity, but brilliant purity and balance. A lighter-weight effort by Araujo's standards, it is extremely well-balanced read more...and approachable. Drink it over the next 10-12 years. (hide)
- Stephen Tanzer
- International Wine Cellar
- Issue 108, May/June 2003
- 92/100
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July 2007
- ($150; a blend of 83% cabernet sauvignon, 9% cabernet franc, 5% petit verdot and 3% merlot) Good medium red-ruby. Sappy black raspberry, redcurrant, flowers, tobacco and licorice on the nose, along with sexy, smoky oak notes of torrefaction. Dense and lush, with a restrained sweetness and hints of minerals and chocolate. Not a huge wine but boasts lovely intensity and vinosity. The first vintage of this wine to include some merlot - no doubt at least partly due to the influence of consulting enologist Michel Rolland.
- Wine Advocate # 150
- Dec-03
- 91/100
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April 2008
- International Wine Cellar
- May-03
- 92/100
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May 2007
