Rated 97 points, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

The 2014 Mayote is a total, jaw-dropping good blockbuster that readers need to taste. Made from an unusual blend of 56% Syrah, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8% Petit Verdot that spent 22 months in 100% new French oak, it offers killer notes of creme de cassis, toasted spice and wild herbs in a massively concentrated, voluptuous, rounded, sexy wine that expands on the palate, while never seeming heavy or cumbersome.

Garys' Vineyard resides in Monterey County’s venerated Santa Lucia Highlands AVA. Inspired by his friend and legendary winegrower Gary Pisoni, local multigenerational farmer Gary Franscioni planted this vineyard in 1997 and it has since become one of California’s most sought-after sources for Pinot Noir. The signatures of Garys' Vineyard include deep color, long flavors and stunning complexity. 

This single-vineyard selection hails from the famed Solomon Hills Vineyard in the Santa Maria Valley. This vineyard was planted in the 1990s by the Miller family—the family behind the legendary Bien Nacido Vineyard. Solomon Hills has since emerged as their crown jewel, and is renowned producing Pinot Noirs of elegance, richness and length. 
 

Rated 93 points, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

This 2013 Estate Mayote is the perfect example of how Bordeaux and Rhone varieties create an elegant symmetry on DAOU Mountain. 

Rated 93 points, Wine Enthusiast

The 2013 Estate Micho is a heady blend of 62% Merlot and 38% Cabernet Sauvignon is very dark in the glass, offering blueberry, espresso, cream and dark chocolate ganache on the lush nose. Blackberry jam, tobacco, pencil lead and oregano show on the palate, where firm structure and juicy acidity leaves the mouth uplifted.

92 points, Wine Enthusiast

This wine starts with lemon syrup, butterscotch and plumeria on the nose, while the palate starts and finished with penetrating mandarin-rind-powered acidity that cuts through flavors of vanilla, crème brûlée, cashew and roasted marshmallow.

The renowned DAOU Reserve Chardonnay program is set to reach new heights with the upcoming 2017 vintage. Grown in the temperate western hills of Paso Robles, this voluptuous and voluminous wine is not to be missed. 

This pair of limited-edition releases from two of California’s most storied Pinot Noir vineyards explores that Pinot Noir can be intrinsically sensual and velvety, but also uniquely expressive of the environment in which it is grown. 

DAOU Mountain once again blessed us with a beautiful harvest. We are grateful for the fruits of our labor and the opportunity to share them with you. Let us gather in celebration of what matters most: love, hope and family. 

Clone 412 originates from the Bordeaux region of Gironde. Clone 412 was first added to France’s accredited clonal registry in 2000 and was officially registered in 2003. Today, it is one of the most widely planted clones in Bordeaux, prized for producing wines of balance, fullness and aging potential.