2020 Patrimony Cabernet 375ml estate spotlight
The market on this bottle
Wine-Searcher tracks this 2020 Patrimony Estate Adelaida District Cabernet Sauvignon across the open market. Their published U.S. low is $219.39 and the average is $277.54. Our slash is $150.00.
2020 Patrimony Estate Adelaida District Cabernet Sauvignon 375ml
Daou flagship Cabernet in a half bottle. Jeb Dunnuck 97 to 99. Eighty-nine on two or more.
Patrimony is the Daou brothers' flagship. Jeb Dunnuck: these rank with the finest Bordeaux varieties coming out of California today. The 2020 Cabernet is 97 to 99 points. This SKU is the 375ml. The 750 lists over $200 on Wine-Searcher and often tickets at $300. Two or more half bottles are $89 each. A single split is $150.
99-point Paso Cabernet, in a split.
A 750 of Patrimony is a lot of wine for one table. The 375 is the pour you actually finish. Thirty months in 100 percent new French oak, including Taransaud T5. 100 percent Cabernet Sauvignon from the Adelaida District estate. 15.2 percent alcohol. Jeb Dunnuck 97 to 99 on the 2020. Vinous has said Patrimony can stand up to many of the best Napa wines. Two or more are $89.
Daniel and Georges Daou. Adelaida District, 1,700 to 2,200 feet, 13 miles from the Pacific, calcareous clay like St-Emilion. Dry-farmed vine balance. Optical sorting, free-run juice, 30 months in 100 percent new French oak including Taransaud T5. This listing is the 375ml of the 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon. The 750 tickets around $300 and lists over $200 on Wine-Searcher.
The house
Daniel Daou. Patrimony Estate, Adelaida District.
The wine
100% Cabernet Sauvignon. 30 months, 100% new French oak. 15.2%. 375ml.
The score
Jeb Dunnuck 97-99 on the 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon.
The table
A steak for two. A chocolate tart. One bottle, finished.
99 points, Jeb Dunnuck
Named critics only. No shop names. No aggregate score in the corner.
Currant, chocolate, tobacco.
Cut from the same cloth as the 2019, richer and more expansive. Currants, chocolate, toasted spices, tobacco. Full-bodied, integrated oak, good acidity, great finish. Anyone doubting Paso Cabernet owes themselves this glass. Serve near 62 F. The split does not need a second night.
30 months in 100% new French oak, including Taransaud T5. 15.2% alcohol.
Currants, chocolate, toasted spices, tobacco. Full-bodied richness, flawlessly integrated oak, good acidity, a great finish.
Cut from the same cloth as the 2019, richer and more expansive. Currants, chocolate, toasted spices, tobacco. Full-bodied, integrated oak, good acidity, great finish. Anyone doubting Paso Cabernet owes themselves this glass. Serve near 62 F. The split does not need a second night.
Serve near 62 F for reds, colder for whites. A short decant if the note asks for air.
Daniel Daou
100 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, DAOU Estate, Adelaida District. Thirty months in 100 percent new French oak, including Taransaud T5. 15.2 percent alcohol. Daniel Daou. This listing is 375ml, not the 750.
2020 Patrimony Cabernet 375ml
Patrimony is the flagship label from the Daou brothers in Adelaida District. Four releases sit under the name. This page is the 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon in a half bottle. Catalog image stays blank until we have a 375ml bottle photo, not a 750 silhouette.
2777 Hidden Mountain Road, by appointment. Patrimony is the flagship above DAOU Vineyards. Inheritance, legacy, mastery.
What to put on the table
Food only. No bottles on the plate.
Reds near 62 F in a proper glass. Whites colder. A 20 to 40 minute decant when the tannins ask for it.
Royal chef Darren McGrady makes a chocolate tart. A cooking video for the pairing, not a winery film.
Ribeye for two
A half bottle is the steak you finish.
View Recipe for Reverse-sear steak (opens in a new tab)
Dark chocolate tart
Chocolate is already in Dunnuck's note.
View Recipe for Chocolate tart (opens in a new tab)Jeb Dunnuck 97 to 99. Patrimony 2020, 375ml. $89 when you take two.
Daou flagship Cabernet in a half bottle. Jeb Dunnuck 97 to 99. Eighty-nine on two or more.
Two or more are $89 each. A single half bottle is $150. Twelve bottles ship free.
