DAOU, Mayote, Paso Robles

DAOU · California › Paso Robles › United States of America

Red · Red Bordeaux Blend

Critics

91 /100

Reviews

professional

Vintages

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Community Reviews

Reviews

90.6

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PnP but the initial taste was acidic and tannic with low fruit, so I decanted it for 15 minutes (with slight sediment), but the wine was much better after 30 minutes in the decanter. The color was a deep dark purple. The medium plus palate showed lots of dark fruits (blackberry and black cherry), a streak of red fruit (raspberry), some spice and earth, along with just a touch of tannin on the finish. The acidity is medium to plus, …

2012 vintage

Aged really well. was very earthy and delicious

2012 vintage

Decanted for 30+ minutes and it barely showed flavor. Saved 3/4 of the bottle for the next day and just wow!!

2012 vintage

This was better than the last bottle I had, but still fell way short of expectations. It showed much better paired with red meat, but given its price point and how it fared at the winery itself, this was ultimately disappointing.

2012 vintage

Nice, but somewhat flat. Seemed a bit discombobulated and not as good as I remember it was at the winery. And remember this is not their basic wine (nor is it their top wine either), but I should add that I’m not typically a big Daou fan, I believe they’re overpriced, but a friend in our group here was joining their club and we were offered a (seriously!!!) huge discount, so I had to get something. Taste is a Neutral …

2012 vintage

90 min decant. Deep dark magenta color. Boysenberry, red cherry, cotton candy, marmalade, charred apple and subtle spearmint. Smooth, mouth drying palate. Firm, full tannins on the long finish. Great balance and structure.

2012 vintage

I was also disappointed with this bottle, per the last review I read on it. I remember it being much better at the winery, which is surprising. Very deep purple color, but never lost all of the acidity and remained rather rough throughout the bottle's several-day journey to completion. Would recommend a long decant and holding this for several more years.

2012 vintage

Totally disjointed. Too much heat from alcohol. Not much fruit to back that up. Not much taste. Very disappointed.

2012 vintage

Was really hoping to like this blend, but I wasn't impressed. Good wine but came across as a candied cheap wine with no structure or character.

2012 vintage

Four hour decant. Very dark reddish purple color. Anise, charcoal, plum and blackberry on a nose that is both brooding and fruit forward. Smooth, velvety and dry palate, with hints of juniper. Excellent tongue coating tannins and acidity. Firm tannins on a nice long finish. This could actually benefit from a 12-24 hour decant as it was still a bit tight. Even so, this is an impressive wine. I’m looking forward to try this again in a year or two.

2012 vintage

Tasted at WL, hard to judge by a small taste as this wine needs a bit of time, light tasting with some alcohol taste, fruit peeks through the tannins, i know that this wine is very good just hard to have a small taste, might drink again in another vintage but the wine is expensive.

2012 vintage

Big wine, slowly opened and became balanced, lots of fruit, the cab gives good structure and additional complexity, an expensive bottle, drank with magret of duck, would drink again but pricey. Daou is a hot winery.

2012 vintage

Decent blend from Daou. Upon open the nose and palate were tight. Just giving up some red fruits, spices and pencil shavings. After a few hours this bloomed into a rich, balanced and layered wine. Red fruits now had black fruits join in, layers of tannin and tobacco spices and with a decent finish. Nice wine.

2012 vintage

Tasted at winery, another really good wine, Syrah but again not overpowering, nice balance with lots going on, will drink again.

2012 vintage

Wonderful bright fruits witty blueberry and raspberry notes. Still tannic on the finish but it leaves a resolve of tobacco leaves.

2012 vintage

Gentle start crescendos into a rich earthy well balanced cab blend. Leathery nose.

2012 vintage

This was quite rich with well balanced acids and fruit. There was a nice earthiness to go with the dark fruit

2012 vintage