By Daou Vineyards
2020 Patrimony Cabernet Sauvignon

Wine Details
Variety: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Elevage: 30 months in 100% new French oak
Alcohol: 15.20%

Tasting Notes
Deep ruby in color, this wine boasts aromas of cassis, blueberry, pomegranate, and currants. Notes of tobacco, chocolate, and toasted spices follow, bringing immense depth to this wine. The palate is full-bodied and rich, with the ideal balance between concentrated fruit and freshness. From its mouthwatering acidity and flawlessly integrated oak, it finishes with blackberry jam, cacao, and mocha notes, complemented with herbaceous tones of fennel and thyme.
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Wine: 2020 Patrimony Cabernet Sauvignon
Score/Rating: 97-99
Review Date: 09/30/2021
Reviewed By: Jeb Dunnuck
Tasting Notes: The 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon is cut from the same cloth as the 2019, yet is perhaps richer and more expansive, with slightly less elegance. Currants, chocolate, toasted spices, and tobacco all define this beauty, and it has full-bodied richness, flawlessly integrated oak, good acidity, and a great finish. Anyone doubting the quality that can be achieved in Cabernet Sauvignon from Paso Robles owes it to themselves to try one of these wines.

Wine: DAOU Vineyards 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Patrimony
Score/Rating: 95+
Suggested Drinking Window: 2028 - 2038
Review Date: 06/2024
Reviewed By: Eric Guido
Tasting Notes: Minty herbs come together with hints of mocha, then dried violets, stone dust and finally wild blueberries as the kaleidoscopic 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Patrimony reaches up from the glass. Cool and collected, this is a lesson in patience. The 2020 displays fantastic depth and elegance with textures of weighted velvet, yet it quickly firms up through an early onset of fine tannins. A flourish of sweet spice resonates, yet the experience remains clenched with youthful poise. This finishes long, airy and fresh yet still embryonic. Cellaring will be required, but I expect many great things to come.

Wine: Patrimony Cabernet Sauvignon Paso Robles Adelaida District 2020
Score/Rating: 95
Suggested Drinking Window: After 2025
Review Date: 09/12/2023
Reviewed By: Kevin Davy
Tasting Notes: A well-composed Cabernet Sauvignon with aromas of berries, plums, cassis, pencil lead and stones. Full-bodied with fine, firm tannins. Generous array of ripe berries, spices and some chocolate intermingle on the palate. Slightly chewy towards the finish. Try after 2025.

Wine: 2020 Patrimony
Score/Rating: 94
Suggested Drinking Window: 2024 - 2030
Review Date: 12/29/2023
Reviewed By: Erin Brooks
Tasting Notes: The 2020 Patrimony Cabernet Sauvignon was matured for 30 months in 100% new French oak. It takes time in the glass to give way from tar and graphite to reveal notes of licorice, violet, juniper and spearmint. The full-bodied palate is opulent with its concentrated core of dark fruit. It has powdery tannins and just enough acidity. It's somewhat coiled and less expressive due to the challenges of the vintage, and I would be inclined to drink it on the earlier side.

Wine: Daou, Patrimony Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 Adelaida District
Score/Rating: 16.5++/20
Suggested Drinking Window: 2030 - 2045
Review Date: 10/19/2023
Reviewed By: Samantha Cole-Johnson
Tasting Notes: NHB. Deep ruby with purple hue. Blackberry, blueberry density, chew. Mouth-coating and HUGE - OTT. Needs so much time. Vanilla. Cedar. Texture is grippy and mouth-filling. I can't begin to score this properly - do I think it will be a beautiful wine in 2030? Absolutely I do. Can you drink it now? I'd bring a knife. I've estimated conservatively. (SCJ)