Tasting Notes

WE90

Rich cherry and spicy black pepper introduce the nose to this wine from the Adelaida district. The flavors explore the more nuanced, not overly jammy side of the grape, with tart acidity and a good tannic backbone ensuring a long life. Decent now, but better to drink 2018–2022. Cellar Selection

CG90

Daou continues to make Zinfandels that break from the typical Paso Robles model and, as a group, their firmer and more tannic structures to some degree recall Cabernet. This one is ripe and weighty with plenty of rich oak and all of the rich, briary spice and blackberry fruit that its name predicts, but it also shows a slight curranty component and toughens up after a deceptively plush start. It closes with enough heat to notice but not so much as to be a real bother, and most everything about it argues for a minimum of five more years of aging.

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