Araujo • Napa Valley, California
Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon by Araujo is the flagship, small-production Napa Valley red from the historic, biodyn…Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon by Araujo is the flagship, small-production Napa Valley red from the historic, biodynamically farmed Eisele Vineyard in Calistoga, long regarded as one of Napa’s “first growth” Cabernet sites. Typically do…Learn More »
$238
/750ml
2005 Retail Average
95
/100
2005 Pro Rating
Depth comes first here: the 2005 Araujo Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon opens with layers of ripe blackcurrant and blueberry, then draws you in with notes of dark cherry, licorice, warm spice and a gentle earthy savor. The palate is powerful yet composed, with ripe, polished tannins and perfectly integrated oak giving a long, graceful finish that shows why this vintage is so revered. A superb combination of purity, richness and quiet authority.
Dry-aged ribeye steak, braised short ribs, rosemary-garlic lamb chops
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Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon by Araujo is the flagship, small-production Napa Valley red from the historic, biodynamically farmed Eisele Vineyard in Calistoga, long regarded as one of Napa’s “first growth” Cabernet sites. Typically dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon with small portions of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, it marries deep blackberry/cassis concentration and fine, velvety tannins with a distinctive crushed-rock minerality and remarkable finesse, making it both powerfully age‑worthy and unusually elegant for a cult Napa Cabernet…