title: Daou 2013 Seventeen Forty Reserve Red (Paso Robles)
description: Rocky aromas meet with pure blackberry and other concentrated black fruits on the ripe but nowhere near sweet nose of this blend of 56% Cabernet Franc and 44% Merlot. Lavish flavors of blackberry, lilac, caramel and crushed gravel show on the zesty palate, but the star of this bottling is the chalky, fine-tuned structure. Drink 2018–2028.
variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend
designation: Seventeen Forty Reserve