DAOU Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve, Paso Robles Estate
| Vintage: | 2022 |
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| Description: | Over the past decade or so, Paso Robles has become an undeniable force in the California wine market. Can you say ‘ Austin Hope ?' We think it's because the best and most-visible producers have smartly leaned into what makes them special as opposed to trying to imitate a style of wine like Bordeaux or the Napa Valley in a climactic region that just won't allow it. As a result, ‘ Paso Cab' has become a ‘thing,' a big thing; a style of wine no one else can reproduce at prices that remain distinctly un-Napa/Bordeaux like. One of the prime movers of the ‘Bring it on Paso' movement is DAOU. Started by the two Daou brothers from Lebanon ; they knew from the start exactly how to handle wine grapes from a torrid growing region and produce a style of wine that does, indeed, while offering a deep bow to the best wines of Bordeaux, don't try to recreate their style in Paso Robles. In the process, they've created a reputation for their style we've not seen before from this up-and-coming wine growing region. The most glittering gem in the Daou tiara is their iconic Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, a wine that has become one of the most emblematic of the entire Paso ethos. Made from 77% Cabernet Sauvignon and 23% Petit Verdot (as if this wine really needed any more color!) and aged a year and a half in 50% new French oak, it's a gentle monster that bursts at the seams with luscious black/blue tinged fruit backed by broad swaths of mulberry, pipe tobacco, chocolate-vanilla and bay leaf. As it airs, a veritable ‘grandma's kitchen' of baking spices and vanilla extract reveal themselves as the young tannins meld beautifully into the wine. Rich and velvety like the curtains of a really ritzy hotel, it's a wine that combines power and class within the very unique style for which Paso is fast becoming well known. |
| Price: | $ 44.99 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Prima Vini
| Address: |
1520 North Main Street Walnut Creek, CA 94596 United States |
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| Telephone (toll-free): | 800-707-7462 |
| Fax: | 925-935-0519 |
First added to 1000 Corks on June 27, 2024.
