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About Araujo Estate
Since 1990, Bart and Daphne Araujo have carried on the tradition of making monster Cabernets from the Eisele Vineyard, adding Syrah into the mix as well. Their flagship bottling is dense, powerful and rich, typically with soil-inflected notes of plum, mocha, tobacco and smoke, and very suave tannins.
2004 Araujo Estate Altagracia Red Wine Napa Valley
Producer: Araujo Estate
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Bordeaux Blend
Origin: California
Region: Napa
90 Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2007
($95; 66% cabernet sauvignon, 14% merlot and 10% each cabernet franc and petit verdot; aged entirely in new oak) Good red-ruby. Aromas of raspberry, smoke, gravel and nutty oak. Smooth in the middle palate, with flavors of plum, mocha and tobacco and nicely integrated acidity. The building tannins are a bit hard-edged, but this second wine, from young vines and "less-good lots," offers attractive sweetness, good life and firm structure.
90 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate
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