Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

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 a 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.

A rich, caressing style, with a steady wave of warm cocoa draped blackberry and black cherry rolling through, picking up subtle tugs of earth, warm paving stone and mocha along the way. Solid, though theres not as much range as in the top examples. -- Blind 2015 California Cabernet retrospective (July 2025). Drink now through 2032. 1,575 cases made.