DAOU Vineyards Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 (75cl, 15.2%)

DAOU Vineyards Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 is a full-bodied Paso Robles Cabernet blend aged 16 months in French oak, produced by DAOU Family Estates. The estate vineyards sit on DAOU Mountain at 2,200 feet elevation, where calcareous clay soils mirror the limestone-rich terroir of Bordeaux's Right Bank. The Reserve is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot, with recent vintages featuring a 77/23 split, and is aged in 50% new French oak barrels. Aromas include wild cherry, currant, mulberry, cocoa, coriander, caramelized sugar and wintergreen. The palate brings ripe blackberry, black cherry, pomegranate, blueberry, raspberry and kirsch, with toasty oak, graphite and forest floor. The finish is silky and long, with lingering dark fruit and graphite minerality.