2003 Araujo Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (117) Avg Score: 94.6 points

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  3/28/2024 - Handy1 wrote: 95 Points

  Slow ox 3 hours. Dark fruit cassis, some chocolate. Tannins not obtrusive. Perferred the Staglin 2003 opened next to it by a hair

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  11/23/2023 - Apeek19 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Very enjoyable, more restrained and secondary than a lot of Napa cabs I have been drinking.

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  8/15/2023 - LTTC wrote:

  (SYP) small glass
  Cool and earthy fruit. Good richness.

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  7/1/2023 - VinDeVie_1 wrote: 95 Points

  2003 Eisele Vineyard Araujo Cabernet. This was my first experience with any Araujo wines, so I didn't really know what to expect, but I can say I was neither elated nor disappointed as I had very little bias going in. The nose was a bright and red fruit dominated with a really well integrated sweet oak. The palate was very similar with a wealth of silky fruit and just a taste of spice. My main issue with this wine was the slightly out of balance tannin that really held this wine back from being truly exceptional. I was assured by the person who I was drinking with who had tasted this before that it seemed to be some bottle variation, and the tannins weren't usually that high. All in all, I would definitely try it again. 95+

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  2/7/2023 - Rgentile wrote: 94 Points

  Slow ox'd the wine a couple hours. On initial pour it was ready to go! The wine had a more feminine style, with more red than dark fruits. great acidity to carry the wine across the palate finishing with some cedar notes and a hint of dusty earth. No over ripeness here and absolute peaking. Should hold for a number of years but why wait?! Enjoy!

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