Red · Paso Robles · United States
DAOU Cabernet Sauvignon
Two parallel scores from 15,389 z-qualifying reviewers and 15,934 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Red · United States.
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What reviewers say
“Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 🇺🇸 Primera vez que pruebo esta bodega y me encantó. Un CS californiano demasiado bueno que mejora luego de una hora descorchado, muestra aromas a mora, cereza, vainilla, cuero, pimienta, terroso y chocolate.”
From a top-rated Vivino review for this bottle.
Z-normalized corrects for reviewer bias (every reviewer re-centered onto their personal scale). Raw average uses simple mean across the broader pool including stddev=0 reviewers.
Where this wine sits
Z-normalized percentile · 1,156 peers in Red · United States
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.132 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean | 4.09 |
| DB2 raw-mean | 4.10 |
| Vivino site avg | 4.20 (10,242) |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.118 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 15,389 / 15,934 |
Summary
The 2022 DAOU Cabernet Sauvignon exemplifies Paso Robles. The nose is highly perfumed, showing aromas of black cherry, cassis, plum, desert sage, sandalwood, and dusty minerality. Secondary aromas reveal notes of cigar box, leather, bay leaf, and black olive. The palate is rich and weighty, offering generous flavors of black raspberry, spicy currant, and blueberry compote with impressions of Bing cherry, Boysenberry, fig, and baking spices. Ripe, fine-grained tannins carry into a structured finish with lingering accents of cherry, espresso, and vanilla. Barrel Aging: 8 months in 50% new French oak
