Eisele Vineyard Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 (750ML)

99 WA / 99 JS / 98+ JD / 97 WS / 18.5 JR

The very deep, purple-black colored 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon is made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. It takes a fair amount of swirling to unlock an incredibly intense nose of dark chocolate, warm cassis, baked plums and Morello cherries plus touches of red roses, violets, pencil shavings, cinnamon stick and dusty soil with a hint of iron ore. The full-bodied palate is so exquisitely elegant, charged with electric black and red fruits and a firm frame of super-ripe, grainy tannins and bold freshness, finishing very long and very perfumed. This is pure energy in a glass!—LPB, The Wine Advocate

Blackberry, dried-blueberry, bitter-chocolate and some volcanic-ash and burnt-orange aromas. Crushed stone and subtle vanilla notes, too. It’s full-bodied with firm, chewy tannins framing a deep core of dark fruit. Dense, muscular and firmly structured. So long. Goes on for minutes. Elegance with power. Really love the beautiful refinement and integrity to this. Captures the essence of the vintage. Try from 2025.—James Suckling

The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon is another brilliant wine from this estate. Lots of smoky currants, tobacco, graphite, and spicy notes define the aromatics, and it's concentrated and layered on the palate, with beautiful yet building tannins as well as a crushed rock-like sense of minerality. I love its mid-palate depth, it's flawlessly balanced, and it has a great finish. It shows the seamless, incredibly layered style that this terroir always seems to yield, and while it's beautiful today, 3-5 years of bottle age are warranted.-Jeb Dunnuck

A benchmark for the vintage, thanks to its gorgeous display of warm cassis, mulled plum and macerated blackberry fruit stitched with subtle loam, juniper and bay leaf accents, in a reserved style. Warm earth tones reverberate through the lengthy finish, dovetailing perfectly with the suave fruit. A real beauty. Best from 2023 through 2040. 1,790 cases made.-James Molesworth, Wine Spectator

100% Cabernet Sauvignon from the parcels bordering Simmons Creek. Certified organic by CCOF and biodynamic by Demeter. Aged for 20 months in 100% new oak.
Very dark crimson. Luscious texture whereby the tannins are actually less obvious than in the Altagracia because the fruit is so concentrated and ripe – until the very end of the palate. Serious, complex wine. Really mid-Atlantic. With great vitality and it’s not ashamed of the tannin.-Jancis Robinson