DAOU Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Professional Ratings

• 94 Wine Enthusiast
  Mocha cream, pencil shaving and dried herb aromas are set against a backdrop of black currant fruit in this big but balanced bottling from the Daou brothers. It’s soft on the palate, where the texture commands as much attention as the flavors, in a matrix of mouth-coating tannins that frame its cola, cocoa, black plum and cherry notes.
• 93 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  There's roughly a thousand cases of the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve, and this 100% Cabernet offers full-bodied, ripe and voluptuous notes of creme de cassis, black currants, coffee beans and ample sweet oak. It has a serious, tightly wound and tannic feel, and will benefit from 2-3 years of bottle age and have 10-15 years of overall longevity.
• 92 Wine Spectator
  Hard and sturdy, with an earthy mix of gravel, road tar, tobacco leaf and savory berry, gaining depth and nuance on the finish. A good bet for greater reward in a year or two. Best from 2020 through 2033.