1992 Araujo Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (33) Avg Score: 94.7 points

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  9/25/2023 - Cailles wrote: 94 Points

  No notes taken. Three 1992 Napa wines side-by-side. All three displayed that the vintage is currently in an amazing spot: open, intense and expressive, highly layered with a good portion of primary fruit mixed with tertiary aromas, herbs and minerality, soft and round but with good tension and good freshness. The Caymus Special Selection (97pts) was the most layered and exciting wine with lots of spiciness. But I think this will be even better in 10 years when it will be more tertiary and lose a bit of the quite intensive fruit aromas. The Togni (96pts) was the most Bordeaux-esque in the line-up, so clear and clean without any of the excess the Caymus still has. This bottle wasn‘t quite as sharp and layered as the last one a few months ago (rated 98pts) but only got better with air and was reached its peak on day two. The Eisele (94pts) had some signs of decline on the nose but was drinking well on the palate, tertiary the core but with enough ripe fruit to still be exciting.

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  3/4/2023 - MJP Hou TX Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Hands down one of the best 30+year old wines I've ever had the pleasure to consume. The cork was in better shape than the label and the wine was the impeccable.
  
  Silky smooth tannins. No bricking. Just a beautifully aged pale ruby hue. Very little sediment. Faded red fruits with notes of tobacco, white pepper, espresso and cigar box. Very balanced with no harsh edges. An a ha wine.
  
  I'll be on the hunt for more and would love a try it from a magnum if possible. Just putting that out there in the universe... do your thing!

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  4/24/2022 - jay_hawk@yahoo.com Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Much better than last bottle. Balance is great and secondary notes really show through. Like other comments this could easily be mistaken for Bordeaux

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  8/22/2021 - jay_hawk@yahoo.com Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Not sure how much is left. Drink up

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  5/6/2021 - joshabramson Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Fruit is vibrant and fresh, structure is very much still in place, and out of the bottle this is still a bit primary with some secondary notes of maturity coming through in the glass. I would have probably guessed this to be about 10 years younger than it actually is. I'd say this is drinking very well but has many good years left in the tank. Very tasty!

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