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2008 Araujo Estate Sauvignon Blanc Napa Valley
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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.

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2008 Araujo Estate Sauvignon Blanc Napa Valley

Producer: Araujo Estate
Style: White Wine
Grape Type: Sauvignon Blanc
Origin: California
Region: Napa

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90 Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2010

($48; just 350 cases produced due to frost) Bright, pale yellow-green. Lemon, lime, fresh herbs and a waxy nuance on the nose. Densely packed, fat and chewy but following the 2009 this came off as less bright and delineated. A substantial wine that verges on heavy.

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About Napa Valley

Napa Valley is the most famous wine-growing area in the U.S. It begins at the base of Mount St. Helena in the north and tapers off some 30 miles to the south into the floodplain where the Napa River enters San Francisco Bay. From Mount St. Helena to the city of Napa, the valley is defined by two north-south ridgelines of the Coast Range Mountains.
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Sauvignon Blanc

For all of its name recognition and reputation for high-quality plantings and bottlings, Sauvignon Blanc has never been represented in lists or discussions of the spectacular wines of the world. But just because wines made from Sauvignon Blanc are rarely crafted for extended cellaring and don't command staggering sums in international auctions doesn't mean that...



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