2014 Soul of a Lion Estate

Wine Details
Producer

DAOU

Place of Origin

United States

Adelaida District, Paso Robles

Central Coast

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot

Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Drinking Window

2025 - 2035

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Tasting through the new and upcoming releases with Daniel and Georges Daou is always eye-opening as their ascent to the upper tier of Paso Robles’ Bordeaux-inspired wines has been as impressive as it has been rapid. No expense is spared here, starting with meticulous farming of their 115 acres of vines, 68 of which are planted to Cabernet Sauvignon, along with state-of-the-art winery equipment, including a space-age optical sorter, and barrels from France’s best coopers, including ones made specifically to the Daou’s specifications. Then there’s the spacious and luxurious mountain-top tasting room and patio, which provides a pretty jaw-dropping view of the Adelaida District that would put plenty of Napa Valley facilities to shame. The proof, of course, is in the bottle and these was an extremely impressive line-up of wines that showed almost shocking energy given their hot weather-, drought-vintage origins. I also had a chance to look at a number of 2016 barrel samples and from an early glance they appear to be wines that will be tighter than the 2015s and 2014s reviewed here.

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The Daous began working with their new, state-of-the-art optical sorting machine (a Pellenc Vision 2, to be exact) with the 2015 harvest, and Daniel Daou said that the efficiency and precision it brings to the process "is just incredible." These things do not come cheap, he admitted, but he firmly believes that the investment will pay off because "its selection detail is incredible, kind of unreal, actually." The proof, of course, is in the wines, and based on the 2015s I tasted from barrel at this perfectionist estate this summer some really fine stuff is on deck.