2004 Syrah Eisele Vineyard Napa Valley
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I was pleasantly surprised by the intensity and grip of the 2004 flagship wine here, as most of the cabernet fruit was picked during very hot weather in early September. But then the berries were very small. And a bit of petit verdot added "tannic structure and aromatic quality," said winemaker Francoise Peschon. It will be interesting to compare this wine to the superb '03 over the next 10 to 15 years. The brooding young 2005, from a later harvest, is no slouch either, but this vintage is going to require patience on the part of collectors.
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Winemaker Francoise Peschon informed me that the Araujo Estate flagship wine is now bottled later than previously (the 2003 was only bottled in November of 2005). "With biodynamic farming, the wines evolve at a slower pace," she explained. "We now rack less and let the wines develop at their own pace. "Production in 2003 and 2004 has been in the low 1,600-case range, as there has been a lot of recent replanting here of vines on AXR rootstock as well as those affected by leaf roll virus-not to mention a good bit of declassification. Peschon describes the 2002 Araujo Estate wine as "voluptuous and soft" but feels that the 2003 will be a longer ager.
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