Araujo, Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

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Reviewed by: Lisa Perrotti-Brown

The very deep, purple-black colored 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon is made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. It takes a fair amount of swirling to unlock an incredibly intense nose of dark chocolate, warm cassis, baked plums and Morello cherries plus touches of red roses, violets, pencil shavings, cinnamon stick and dusty soil with a hint of iron ore. The full-bodied palate is so exquisitely elegant, charged with electric black and red fruits and a firm frame of super-ripe, grainy tannins and bold freshness, finishing very long and very perfumed. This is pure energy in a glass!

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Reviewed by: Lisa Perrotti-Brown

The very deep, purple-black colored 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon (a barrel sample) is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Even at this very nascent stage, the nose offers amazing vibrancy, with expressive black cherries, boysenberries and cassis scents plus underlying suggestions of cedar chest, pencil lead, charcoal, wild sage, Indian spices, red roses and tapenade with a waft of forest floor. Medium-bodied, the palate is oh-so-elegant, with beautifully expressed, exquisitely ripe tannins and plenty of freshness to support the layer-upon-layer of fresh, crunchy black fruits sparked by loads of exotic spices, finishing with great length and depth. This should be incredibly long-lived!