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2003 Araujo Estate Altagracia
Red Bordeaux Blend
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 23
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norsktorsk wrote: 94 points
March 23, 2021 - awesome. totallt holding up.
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KenK Likes this wine: 91 points
February 5, 2018 - Pretty red juniper berry aromas. Nice sweet red velvet cake flavors upfront that becomes more nuanced and spiced. Nice brightness and good balance with a dark cocoa finish. Nice.
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Burgundy Al wrote: 86 points
February 4, 2018 - Good Wine with an Exciting Super Bowl (Chez Kailin - Northbrook IL): Small glass, brief note. Slightly roasted and slightly devoid of the structure for the fruit. Not my style.
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buckeye76 wrote: 93 points
October 9, 2016 - RICH BLACK FRUITS IN THE NOSE AND FLAVOR WITH HINTS OF CHOCOLATE, COFFEE, AND LICORICE. LONG FINISH.
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emzee.mc wrote: 93 points
March 8, 2015 - This is the declassified wine from Araujo's Eisele vineyard, essentially a second wine to this fabled estate. The wine pours like a typical heavyweight Cali cabernet - a dark and inky garnet color with very long legs because of the high alcohol content. On the nose, the wine shows hints of left bank Bordeaux. This one in particular is a blend of 87% cab, 6.5% petit verdot and 6.5% merlot. It is fruit forward with an explosion of cherries, strawberries, kirsch, coffee, anise, and leather. On the palate, the wine is quite hot at first but grippy tannins soon settled in, bringing with it a robust structure. The wine is definitely a fruit bomb. Flavors of stewed blackberries, cherries and mocha dominate the core which is supported by tertiary notes of rosemary, mint, leather and tobacco. This almost drinks like a Syrah. Finish is very long, lasting almost a minute. Fabulous wine from a fabulous vintage from a fabulous winemaker. Incredible stuff here.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2006, IWC Issue #126 (link)(Araujo Estate Wines Altagracia Red Wine Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2003
- Type Red
- Producer Araujo Estate
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation Altagracia
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Napa Valley
- UPC Code 451625847509
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 491 (50%)
- Consumed 494 (50%)
Food Pairing
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Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerAraujo Estate
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationNapa Valley
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