Skip Smyser

9.5

Bart & Daphne Araujo sold out but have now started Wheeler Farms. An outstanding wine and a great tasting experience at their winery. Not Araujo yet but this is a big lush Cabernet that will continue to evolve. 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 5 years ago

Miriam De Lyon

9.5

Wow-worth the wait. Balanced tannins but can still taste the fruit. Special to share with friends! — 6 years ago

Skip Smyser

9.5

A marvelous trilogy of Wines for lunch! Of the three I prefer the Araujo but this is close and has years to mature and enjoy. Great🍷1995 was a very good year 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 7 years ago

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Eric

9.5

Pro nose with wildflowers all over the place. Great fruit and balance. Next to the Araujo this was like your insane nephew that will probably rule the world someday. Thanks again to @S.R.Alexander for the killer company, wine, and food! — 8 years ago

David Wanek

9.8

Is Araujo the pound for pound best in Napa? Has to be on the list. This 2002 was drinking amazingly well. — 8 years ago

Kevin Ortzman

9.0

Full bodied w/ leathery tannins. Cherries w/ mild hint of cassis. Tasted along side of the '98 Araujo and '97 Dalla Valle. Insignia came in third. What a fun dinner!! — 9 years ago

with ADAM, Joe and 2 others

B

9.0

Magnum 1999 Harlan Estate. Welcome dinner for D fam at RW. Drank this after the '96 Araujo Eisele out of magnum. Unfortunately, this bottle was not stored properly and just didn't drink great. Unanimous that Araujo hit it out of the park and that this wine was not what it should have been. It was hot, lacked dimension, and the finish was abrupt and harsh. It should have been great, as we have been enjoying other '99s at this time, but not this bottle. — 9 years ago

Bruce Leboff

9.3

An American Can classic. Nicely done. Deep purple colour. Hints of chocolate and red berries and currants on the nose nice chocolate flavours and and dark fruit. Well balance - tannins well balanced but quite present - will last another 5 years plus a baby Araujo — 5 years ago

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Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

Wheeler Farms was designed and built after Bart & Daphne Araujo sold Araujo to Chateau Latour. They spared no expense building their facilities and make 11 other labels there, including TOR.

This 17 Rosé is their first vintage and is a red blend.

Soft beautiful fruits, lean, watermelon, cherries, raspberries strawberries, peach, light beautiful minerality & spring flowers and pink roses. Beautiful acidity & finish. Nicely done.

Photos of, the small bites prepared for our tasting, their awesome gardens and their reception and tasting room. — 7 years ago

Joe Roth

9.0

Very nice viognier. Don’t know why I haven’t been drinking these. — 8 years ago

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Joe Kaiser

9.2

Starting line up this evening. Just beginning to decant. All 2002's Araujo Eisele Vineyard, Bryant Family Vineyard, Chateau Montelena Cab, Diamond Creek, Grace Family Vineyard, Ramey Jericho Canyon & Rubicon Estate & maybe a surprise — 8 years ago

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Bill Bender

9.3

Clean and tasty as f*%k!! I'd rate this a notch above the Rudd Mt. Veeder SB and definitely on par with the Araujo Eisele. This should evolve a bit. Still a tad wound up. — 8 years ago

Edmond Bordelon

9.2

Françoise Peschon is an amazing winemaker! Besides displaying her epic abilities at Araujo Eststes, she also shows off her skills with David Stevens at 750 Wines. — 9 years ago

with Katherine

Josh Weinstein

9.6

Not Araujo, but an in between and Scarecrow would be great to sample next to. — 6 years ago

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David L

9.3

Araujo Altagracia ,VHR, Realm Bard, Palmaz. Favia La Magdalena. These are a few of my wife’s favorite 2011’s . Okay... secondary market bargains. — 6 years ago

Joe Flo

10

One of the top 10 wines I’ve ever tasted. That includes some Cult wines Harlan, Araujo, Schrader, Scarecrow, Screaming Eagle, Maya, Shafer Hillside, Petrus, all 5 1st French Growths etc. Perfect name BLACK MAGIC. Last Dinner in the Big Island of Hawaii — 8 years ago

David L

9.3

16’ Wheeler Farms Sauvignon Blanc. Give it about 10 minutes to warm up in the glass.
Small amount of tropical fruits, predominately stone-citrusy fruits, with the right amount of acid. Love it! “Araujo Family”- making this beautiful SB! Working with some sushi👍 — 8 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

9.4

What do you get when you combine a 15 acre vineyard on the Silverado Bench about 200 feet up from the valley floor at the base of Atlas Peak owned by a former math professor with a team of winemaker Dave Phinney (of Orin Swift, GKG, Stanton) and viticulturalist Steve Matthiasson (Araujo, Chappellet, David Arthur, and Spottswoode to name a few)? Aftermath. I'm not sure if the name was ominous or fortuitous, but Jim Kaplan's first vintage was 2011, which was notoriously difficult. His 2012 vintage was completely lost to the 2014 earthquake. The result is indeed the aftermath...
The 2013 is a blueberry, blackberry, and blackcurrant explosion, with the fallout being licorice, white flowers, cedar, and cacao nips, with enough of an herbaceous tilt to give an exotic edge. Fans of Phinney's Papillon and Mercury Head, and frankly Napa Cabs in general should seek this out. — 8 years ago

B

10

Magnum 1996 Araujo Eisele Estate. Welcome dinner for D fam at RW. Insane!!! We loved, loved, loved this wine. It was absolutely perfect and even better than K thought it could be. Just so soft, feminine, elegant- nothing overt about the wine. Long, long finish. Epic. Need more! — 9 years ago

Martin G Rivard

9.7

A wine that I brought tonight and felt strongly about. Incredible pedigree, winemaker is from Araujo which is insane great! Beautiful 12 but I committed infanticide., should laid it down another few years but it did open up like a million bucks after a few hours. Truly opulent Napa wine which is well structured and loved by all tonight. A new rockstar on the block vs the the old rock stars that were drinking in full stride tonight. It's was awesome tonight but I can't wait for it to evolve a little and become STELLAR in the future. I highly recommend this wine. The preliminary rating is 96 to 98 and the 13 is even better if you can imagine that! — 9 years ago

with Christine, Kirk and 1 other