Araujo Syrah Eisele Vineyard 1996

Araujo Syrah Eisele Vineyard 1996The 1996 Syrah Eisele Vineyard (350 cases) is a full bodied, brawny wine revealing the tell tale peppery, blackberry, and cassis scents that seem so easy to obtain with this varietal in California. It is rich and pure, with sweet tannin and plenty of power harnessed in a symmetrical, large scaled effort that is not without considerable elegance for its mass and volume.

ripe fruit and multi-dimensional mid-palate that expands beautifully

It is rich and pure

and a full-bodied

The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard

blackberry and blueberry fruit

espresso and grilled herbs flesh out on the huge finish

soy and anise

An expressive and notably more elegant than usual nose offers up notes of various red berries

flashy and open

but with velvety tannin and stunning purple and black fruits

Like the Reignots this is closed and brooding at present though aggressive swirling grudgingly liberates cool

Hints of dark blue and black fruit