DAOU Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve
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About This Wine
The 2021 DAOU Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve from Paso Robles exemplifies the region's prowess in crafting exceptional Bordeaux-style wines. This wine presents intense purple-red hues and offers deep aromas of black fruit, pomegranate, tobacco, mocha, and bay leaf. As it opens, notes of clove, nutmeg, and vanilla emerge, leading to opulent textures on the palate with flavors of red fruit, blueberry, and chocolate-covered raspberry. The experience concludes with velvety tannins and impressive length.
Critics have awarded this vintage high scores:
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94–96 points from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, highlighting its pure aromas of cassis, violet, grilled meats, desert sage, and bell pepper, with a full-bodied, energetic, and detailed palate.
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95 points from Wine Enthusiast, noting dark and focused aromas of cherry, clove, and caramel, with a silky yet structured palate offering rich fruit and lightly bitter walnut flavors.
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94 points from James Suckling, praising its beautiful Cabernet character with blackcurrants and blackberries, hints of walnuts, cedar, and black olives, and a silky, polished texture with tightly packed yet refined tannins.
This wine is a blend of 77% Cabernet Sauvignon and 23% Petit Verdot, aged for 18 months in 50% new French oak.
