Eisele "Altagracia" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 750ml
95/100 Jeb Dunnuck:
Gorgeous red and black fruits, leather, dried flowers, and Asian spice all emerge from the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Altagracia, a blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc, and 6% Petit Verdot from estate fruit sourced from the surrounding, more hillside and volcanic parcels of the estate. Aged 21 months in 78% new oak with 22% used Austrian and French foudres, it's remarkably pure and medium to full-bodied, with ripe, velvety tannins and a great finish. It doesn't have the same elegance as the Grand Vin, yet it's still a brilliant wine in its own right that will unquestionably evolve for upwards of two decades. Drink 2025-2045.
95/100 The Wine Independent:
The 2023 Altagracia was tasted as a barrel sample. Opaque garnet-purple colored, it's a little shy to start, needing swirling to bring out fragrant scents of fresh blackberries, wild blueberries, and black raspberries, giving way to hints of mint tea, pencil shavings, and cinnamon stick. The medium to full-bodied palate has a solid structure of grainy tannins and great tension supporting the muscular red and blue fruit flavors, finishing long and minerally.
95/100 Jeb Dunnuck:
Gorgeous red and black fruits, leather, dried flowers, and Asian spice all emerge from the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Altagracia, a blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc, and 6% Petit Verdot from estate fruit sourced from the surrounding, more hillside and volcanic parcels of the estate. Aged 21 months in 78% new oak with 22% used Austrian and French foudres, it's remarkably pure and medium to full-bodied, with ripe, velvety tannins and a great finish. It doesn't have the same elegance as the Grand Vin, yet it's still a brilliant wine in its own right that will unquestionably evolve for upwards of two decades. Drink 2025-2045.
95/100 The Wine Independent:
The 2023 Altagracia was tasted as a barrel sample. Opaque garnet-purple colored, it's a little shy to start, needing swirling to bring out fragrant scents of fresh blackberries, wild blueberries, and black raspberries, giving way to hints of mint tea, pencil shavings, and cinnamon stick. The medium to full-bodied palate has a solid structure of grainy tannins and great tension supporting the muscular red and blue fruit flavors, finishing long and minerally.
Original: $160.00
-65%$160.00
$56.00Description
95/100 Jeb Dunnuck:
Gorgeous red and black fruits, leather, dried flowers, and Asian spice all emerge from the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Altagracia, a blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc, and 6% Petit Verdot from estate fruit sourced from the surrounding, more hillside and volcanic parcels of the estate. Aged 21 months in 78% new oak with 22% used Austrian and French foudres, it's remarkably pure and medium to full-bodied, with ripe, velvety tannins and a great finish. It doesn't have the same elegance as the Grand Vin, yet it's still a brilliant wine in its own right that will unquestionably evolve for upwards of two decades. Drink 2025-2045.
95/100 The Wine Independent:
The 2023 Altagracia was tasted as a barrel sample. Opaque garnet-purple colored, it's a little shy to start, needing swirling to bring out fragrant scents of fresh blackberries, wild blueberries, and black raspberries, giving way to hints of mint tea, pencil shavings, and cinnamon stick. The medium to full-bodied palate has a solid structure of grainy tannins and great tension supporting the muscular red and blue fruit flavors, finishing long and minerally.
