Specialty Dinner: Eisele Vineyard 'Altagracia'

Carysfort Kitchen • $500++

Since 1971, Eisele Vineyard has produced some of California’s most age-worthy
and intensely flavored Cabernet Sauvignons. The 38-acre vineyard was
originally planted in the 1880s to Zinfandel and Riesling and has been under
vine continuously since then. Altagracia, named after owner Bart Araujo’s
grandmother, is a Bordeaux-style blend. It is essentially the expression of the
Eastern parcels of the Eisele Vineyard, completed with fruit sourced from other
Napa Valley vineyards. This Napa Valley Proprietary Red, while very ageable, is
readily enjoyable in its youth.