Araujo Eisle Vineyard Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon; 2001
This entry was posted on 9/21/2006 10:00 PM and is filed under California Cabernets.
This hard to come by wine was consumed at a Napa Valley restaurant over dinner. The wine took a long, long time to open up. It would benefit from sitting in a decanter for about an hour. We let it breathe in the bottle. Although the wine was a little tight at first, once it opened up it showed beautifully. The wine has a deep saturated color, a huge bouquet of black fruit, vanilla, and smokey oak. Strong tannins are well balanced against rich fruit, and the wine has a very long finish.
4.25 stars
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