2002 Araujo Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (132) Avg Score: 95.1 points

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  1/3/2024 - essenceofreal wrote: 92 Points

  Well made but TOO MUCH HEAT! Damn napa wines. Felt like I was slapped in the face by alcohol. Welcome to California over exaggerated adulterated nonsense. Felt the harsh bite on the finish again and again with each sip. Pepper, lots of astringent harsh alcoholic pepper! Wait, intense fresh ground black pepper in a cab? Meh.This isn't syrah. That and the heat from excessive alcohol (from a well aged cab!) massively detracted from the experience, as usual. Idiots. This has been manipulated in the wine making.
  
  Decanted 2 hours, got better after 3 and probably needs 5 hours. The last glass was silky but again the heat kept creeping in. Otherwise would have a much higher score. Has so much potential, what a shame they ruined a potentially excellent wine.
  
  I have another bottle and will decant 5-6 hours with hopes it will mellow out.

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  10/8/2023 - Abanker Likes this wine:

  Outstanding

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  9/30/2023 - Peech Likes this wine: 95 Points

  drank about 1 hour and 45 minutes after decanting. This was soooo beautiful and lovely, showing such elegance! Lovely cool fruit, a little peppery, smoky, and minty. Drinking very, very well at the moment.

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  9/26/2023 - Abanker Likes this wine:

  Excellent

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  4/8/2023 - Purple Tooth wrote: 95 Points

  Graphite tinged Eisele wine that makes you wonder where this is from. New world for sure, but the graphite is confusing. Then the big red fruit and juju starts poking out, possibly hinting to something from old vines California. I dont think this is going to get better...Drink

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