With all the earmarks of a potentially perfect wine, it should also be a wine that will be approachable young but certainly last for 35+ years. With one of the greatest terroirs in all of California, Eisele continues to deliver world-class wines of first-growth quality. The Eisele vineyard legacy is now brilliantly stewarded and owned by a Bordeaux first-growth proprietor himself, François Pinault, and the stalwart Château Latour. Robert Parker’s 100 point notes are as follows:

“Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon charges from the gate with exuberant red and black cherries notes, black currants and mulberries with beautiful roses and lavender perfume, plus hints of sandalwood and cinnamon stick. Full-bodied, concentrated, and downright explosive in the mouth, it is still wearing loads of gorgeous puppy-fat fruit flavors, offering suggestions of the complex, multilayered blockbuster that it will emerge into. The structure deserves its own mention: wonderful, seamless freshness and oh-so-fine, pixelated tannins, with an extraordinary persistence of fruit and mineral nuances. Wow.” Drink 2019-2049