Araujo Estate Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon - 2004 (750ml) Tuscany chocolate-covered black cherries and currants

chocolate-covered black cherries and currants

dry straw (esparto) and nuts

1990 is one of this estate’s two or three finest wines made in the last 40 years

this awesome Cabernet needs to be forgotten for 5-6 years and will have two to three decades of longevity

Both of these cuvees are best drunk in their first 3-4 years of life

Araujo Estate Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon - 2004 (750ml) Tuscany chocolate-covered black cherries and currantsPreviously recommended, but no tasting note given. Despite having over 40 plus acres of vineyards in the northeasterly sector of Napa just south of Calistoga, the production at Araujo remains relatively limited, with the flagship wine, the Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard, producing between 1,600 and 2,200 cases of wine, and the second wine, the Altagracia, between 800 and 1,200 cases. Add to that another 1,000 cases of Sauvignon Blanc and 300 400