Araujo Estate Wines

Araujo Estate Wines
LocationCalistoga, California, USA
AppellationCalistoga AVA
Founded1990
First vintage1991
Key peopleFrancois Pinault, Owner
Frederic Engerer, President Artemis Domaines
Antoine Donnedieu, General Manager
Helene Mingot, Winemaker
Bart and Daphne Araujo, Founders
Cases/yr4,000
Known forEisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
VarietalsCabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon blanc, Syrah, Viognier
Websitehttp://www.araujoestate.com

Araujo Estate Wines (renamed Eisele Vineyard Estate in 2016) is a California winegrowing estate founded by Bart and Daphne Araujo. Located in Calistoga, California within both the Calistoga and Napa Valley AVAs, the estate produces a small portfolio of limited-production wines from the organically and Biodynamically farmed Eisele Vineyard.

Araujo Estate Wines (Eisele Vineyard Estate) is widely considered to be one of California's "cult" wineries,[1] and has been classified as a "five star" winery by the Wine Spectator writer James Laube[2] and included in Robert M. Parker, Jr.'s The World's Greatest Wine Estates: A Modern Perspective.[3] The Eisele Vineyard was called "the object of a cult like no other among California wine lovers" in The World's Greatest Wines by Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve,[4] and the winery's flagship wine, the Araujo Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard, was listed as a "First Growth" in Fine Magazine's "Napa Valley Classification."[5]

  1. ^ Mcinerney, Jay (2010-09-24). "How Bart and Daphne Araujo Cultivate Their Cult Cabernet | Jay McInerney on Wine - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
  2. ^ Laube, James (1999). Wine Spectator's California wine. Running Press. ISBN 978-1-881659-56-3.
  3. ^ Parker, Robert (2005). The World's Greatest Wine Estates. Simon & Schuster. p. 587. ISBN 978-0-7432-3771-0.
  4. ^ Bettane, Michel and Desseauve, Thierry (2006). The World's Greatest Wines. Stewart, Tabori and Chang. ISBN 1-58479-557-3. ISBN 978-1-58479-557-5
  5. ^ "Napa Valley Classification". American FINE Wine Magazine (November). Fine Publishing ltd. 2009.