Araujo Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard 2003

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Winery:

Araujo Estate Wines

Varietal:

Cabernet Sauvignon

Region:

USA > California > North Coast

Type:

Red Wine

Color:

Drink Dates:

Drink Now - 2018

UPC:

 

User Tags:  tobacco, romanian cheese, dried, complex, berry, bramble fruits, blackberry, color descriptors, purple, black 

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What to Expect

Cabenet Sauvignon: Originally of French origins, this versatile grape produces exceptional wines around the globe. It's usually medium to full bodied with a fine structure that supports black and red fruit flavors with typical notes of olive, chili and herbs that add complexity.

Winemakers Notes

Following a warm winter with above average rainfall, the start of the 2003 growing season was delayed by a cool spring and an unusually wet April that reduced the fruit set and cluster size. A benign summer ensued, with classic conditions of cool, foggy mornings followed by long summer days of temperatures mostly in the 80’s, allowing flavors to develop well in advance of sugars. Some long-awaited heat arrived in mid-September, bringing the small crop of already flavorful grapes to full phenolic ripeness. Harvest began on September 17th, and continued until October 24th. The grapes were read more...picked and delivered to the winery during the cool pre-dawn hours. The fruit was sorted by hand, de-stemmed, and cold-soaked, and underwent native yeast fermentations and extended macerations in small stainless steel tanks. The wine was aged in 100percent new French oak barrels for 26 months and bottled in December, 2005.

88 percent Cabernet Sauvignon
9 percent Cabernet Franc
3 percent Petit Verdot
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