By Daou Vineyards
2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Patrimony Estate

Vintage
Abundant rainfall, moderate temperatures, and extended hang times resulted in the latest harvest on record. The winter rains yielded a healthy cover crop that replenished the soil's micronutrient stores. The growing season was perfect, with temperatures hovering in the 80s and 90s and not a day reaching 100 degrees in the vineyard. The fruit arrived at the winery in exquisite condition with small, pure, and unblemished berries. The 2019 vintage is marked by elegance, intensity, and fine acidity, and it promises excellent longevity and staying power.

Viticulture
The phenolics produced on this mountain are known to be among the highest in the world, fostering an immensity of color, depth, and structure. A purposeful omission is required to extract this terroir's purest and most elevated expression. Only select vineyard rows are chosen for Patrimony cultivation. When the fruit is aggressively thinned, optically sorted, and used only for its free-run juice, a minimal percentage of the total potential yield meets the exacting standard we set for Patrimony. Fermentation proceeds exclusively with wild yeasts cultured from Daou Mountain, imbuing the wine with native texture and character.

Barrique
The Patrimony aging program is built around the most coveted barrels accessible only through personal relationships with top cooperages. Collectively, these barrels provide for seamless oak integration and staggering complexity over a maturation period of 30 months, all without infringing upon the pure qualities of our Daou Mountain fruit: Taransaud T5 and Ref 102, Patrimony Custom Bois Rose 5-year barrel, Berger with custom toast, ANA Jupille 3-year barrel, and Vicard Energie.

Tasting Notes
This vintage is the epitome of a terroir-driven wine that has immense power without sacrificing any elegance. The wine explodes out of the glass with boysenberry fruit, creme de cassis, cedar, cigars, crushed stone, and lead pencil, accompanied by a perfume of violets. Deep and full-bodied, rich with astonishing texture, it stays fresh and balanced with a finish that does not stop.

Technical Details
Grape Variety: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Alcohol: 14.90%
Aging: 30 months
Rootstock: 420A, 1103P
Clones: 412, 169, 30, 685
[Information provided by Patrimony Estate]

Patrimony Estate, Cabernet Sauvignon, Adelaida District, Paso Robles, California, USA 2019
Tasted by: Brianne Cohen (at Paso Robles, 11 Feb 2023)
Part of Daou: behind this Paso Robles estate, plus 11 tasting notes
Points: 98
Drinking Window: 2023 - 2043
Producer: Patrimony Estate
Brand: Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage: 2019
Wine Type: Still
Colour: Red
Country: USA
Region: California
Sweetness: Dry
Closure: Cork
Alcohol: 14.90%
Body: Full
Oak: Oaked
Grapes: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
A benchmark California Cabernet Sauvignon which showcases the strength and tenacity of this revered grape. On the nose, a juxtaposition of expressive, bright fruit plus a grounded earthiness. The delicacy yet force of this wine creates a most pleasant tension that you seek to reconcile with each sip. Flavours of blackberry, bramble and dark chocolate sit side by side with floral and sweet cedar notes. Tannins display laser-sharp integration. A wine with thoughtful, intentional power.

2019 Patrimony
Rating: 98
Producer: Patrimony
Wine Region: USA, California, San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, Adelaida District
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
Color / Type / Sweetness: Red / Table / Dry
Reviewed By: Erin Brooks
Drink Date: 2023 - 2038
The 2019 Patrimony Cabernet Sauvignon was made with free-run juice and matured for 30 months in 100% new French oak. It has a deep ruby color and alluring tones of truffle, brown sugar and coffee to begin, opening with time to very pure cassis, boysenberry, tobacco, garrigue and aniseed. The palate is supple and fresh with surprisingly restrained, mineral-laced fruits and a fan of spicy accents across the long finish. This ultra sleek, elegant Cabernet evolves continually in the glass and has the harmonious structure it needs to go the distance in the cellar.
Published: Dec 30, 2022

2019 Patrimony Cabernet Sauvignon
Producer: Patrimony
Location: USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
Color: Red
Rating: 97-99
Tasting Date: 9/30/2021
Reviewed By: Jeb Dunnuck
Source: Central Coast Part 2: The 2019s From Paso Robles
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon continues to show brilliantly. (I rated it 97-100 from barrel last year.) It has a quintessential Cabernet nose of pure creme de cassis, crushed stone, lead pencil, graphite, and tobacco that gains depth and richness with time in the glass. Deep, full-bodied, rich, and incredibly textured, yet still fresh, light on its feet, and beautifully balanced, this gorgeous Cabernet shows what's possible with the variety from Paso Robles.

2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Patrimony
Producer: DAOU
Place of Origin: United States, Adelaida District, Paso Robles, Central Coast
Color: Red
Grape/Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon
Rating: 97
Drinking Window: 2026 - 2038
From: Paso Robles: Boundless Diversity (May 2023)
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Patrimony lifts from the glass with a classic bouquet of black currant, lifting hints of rosemary, graphite and dusty sage. It's silky, nearly creamy in feel, with depths of ripe dark red fruit and sweet spice that swirl throughout. A web of fine-grained tannins engulfs the palate. While powerful and structured, the impact is well-measured, leaving the senses clenched in youthful poise as pretty inner florals slowly fade. What a beauty, and with such an amazingly bright future.
By: Eric Guido on March 2023

Patrimony 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon (Adelaida District)
From: Adelaida District, Central Coast, California, US
Rating: 97
Winery: Patrimony
Region: Central Coast
Alcohol: 14.9%
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon 
Wine Type: Red
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Issue Date: 12/31/2022
Opaque in color, the wine opens with intense yet elegant aromas of cassis, toasted espresso and roasted walnut paste. Polished tannins frame the rich sip, loaded with scorched earth, dark cassis and purple-flower flavors, proving very dry yet luxurious, with a lingering finish.
Reviewed By: Matt Kettmann

PATRIMONY CABERNET SAUVIGNON PASO ROBLES ADELAIDA DISTRICT 2019
Monday, November 7, 2022
Country: United States
Region: California
Vintage: 2019
Score: 95
Deep, rich and plush on the nose showing cassis, blackberries with hints of dark olives, fennel, dark chocolate, cigar box and elderberry characters. Full-bodied and fleshy on the palate with an abundance of tannins, which are extremely fine-grained. Restrainedly opulent, deep, structured and long. Still a hint of white sesame character from the barrels, but will integrate in a year or two. Drinkable but better after 2025.