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Araujo Estate Wines is a California winegrowing estate founded by Bart and Daphne Araujo. Located in Calistoga, California within both the Calistoga and Napa Valley AVAs, the estate produces a small portfolio of limited-production wines from the organically and Biodynamically farmed Eisele Vineyard. Araujo Estate Wines is widely considered to be one of California's "cult" wineries, and has been classified as a "five star" winery by the Wine Spectator writer James Laube and included in Robert M. Parker, Jr.'s The World's Greatest Wine Estates: A Modern Perspective. The Eisele Vineyard was called "the object of a cult like no other among California wine lovers" in The World's Greatest Wines by Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve,〔Bettane, Michel and Desseauve, Thierry (2006). The World's Greatest Wines. Stewart, Tabori and Chang. ISBN 1-58479-557-3. ISBN 978-1-58479-557-5〕 and the winery's flagship wine, the Araujo Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard, was listed as a "First Growth" in Fine Magazine's "Napa Valley Classification." == History == In 1990, Bart and Daphne Araujo bought the 162-acre property in Calistoga that included the 35-acre Eisele Vineyard. The vineyard had originally been planted in the 1880s to Zinfandel and Riesling; it was first planted to Cabernet Sauvignon in 1964.〔 Bart, who had come from a career in home building and mortgage banking, and Daphne, who had a background in landscape architecture, had been interested in acquiring an historical vineyard property. When they purchased the Eisele Vineyard from Milt and Barbara Eisele, they decided to build a winery on the property.〔 Daphne stated "Our intent was to have a vineyard. But before we even closed escrow, Bart realized that it was important to also make the wine, to control the whole process from beginning to end."〔 Shortly after purchasing the property, the Araujos built a barn-like winery out of redwood and dug caves into a hillside of the property.〔〔 Araujo produced its first vintage of Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon in 1991. Since its founding, the winery has worked with some of the best-known winemakers in the industry, including Tony Soter, Mia Klein, Françoise Peschon and consultant Michel Rolland. Its Eisele Vineyard Cabernet has earned consistent acclaim in the Wine Spectator and from Wine Advocate's Robert Parker.〔 Today the winery continues to retain Françoise Peschon and Michel Rolland as consultants, and Nigel Kinsman is Winemaker. The vineyard manager is Caleb Mosley, formerly of Ridge Vineyards. In 2013, Araujo Estate Wines and the Eisele Vineyard were acquired by French businessman Francois Pinault through his holding group, Artemis.〔(Eisele Vineyard sold to Chateau Latour owner ), San Francisco Chronicle, July 25, 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Araujo Estate Wines」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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