California, Napa Valley
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Eisele Vineyard is one of Napa Valley's historic crops. It is named after its first owners, Milt and Barbara Eisele. The terroir of the vineyard perfectly suits the cabernet sauvignon variety, which is why Eisele Vineyard is famous for the extraordinary quality of the fruit of this varietal. One of the first wines in California to bear the name of a single vineyard was made using fruit from Eisele, and this was the 1971 vintage created by the famous Paul Draper of Ridge Vineyards. Today the land is owned by the Artemis Group, owners of the famous Chateau Latour.
2011 was a very difficult vintage in the region, but Eisele is not for nothing known as one of the best producers. The wine loses none of its class, presenting at most a slightly lighter style with less ripe, crisper fruit and with more room for the dry herbal layer.
