2007 Araujo Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard Napa Valley
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| Style: | Red Wine |
| Grape Type: | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Region: | Napa |
About Araujo Estate
One of the star estates of the Napa Valley, Araujo's flagship bottling is dense, powerful and rich, typically with soil-inflected notes of plum, mocha, tobacco and smoke, and very suave tannins. Bart and Daphne Araujo own one of the top sites in California, the Eisele Vineyard jus...more
Expert Reviews
Good full ruby-red. Vibrant aromas of deep black raspberry, licorice and violet; quite expressive considering it was bottled about a month prior to my visit. Then dense, deep and very primary, with powerful yet suave flavors of blackberry, smoke, licorice, minerals, chocolate and earth spreading out to saturate the palate. An infant today but the wine's superb persistence and finishing perfume suggest it will rank among the best vintages of this bottling. If there is ever a classification of Napa Valley cabernet vineyards, the Eisele Vineyard would clearly be a grand cru.

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