2001 Araujo - Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon - USA - California - Napa - Napa Valley - Red

being a neighbor to this wonderful estate makes it even more of a pleasure to have this outstanding wine. great balance and with characteristic cassis and blackberry aromas. excellent and long finish and great mouth feel.

Phenomenal! A show stopper of a wine with earthy notes as well as a metallic twinge on the mid palate. 20 second finish leaves you waiting for the next sip. A great effort, from an excellent vintage.

rich, cassis, slight cedar. More concentrated than last year

I'm not happy about the egregious price increase (up $35 a bottle compared to the 2000) but the quality of this wine is exceptional and likely is the best Araujo Cabernet Sauvignon yet fashioned (at a minimum the best since 1996). Deeply colored with lots of thin moderately pigmented legs. Complex ever changing aromas of milk, baker?s chocolate, ripe almost syrupy cherries, milk chocolate brownies, blackberry, a touch of blueberry, and just a hint of minerals. Thick and fairly heavy tannins but they are so smooth and velvety one barely notices them. Intense flavors coat the palate and last for over a minute. Surprisingly good acidity despite the wine?s incredibly deep fruit. A wine so good that you don'twant to share. Powerful yet ethereal ? what every wine strives for but so few achieve. Very forward. After receiving a cold soak and extended maceration, the wine was raised in 100% new French oak for 22 months. 96% Cabernet and 4% Franc.