Review: 2021 Daou Soul of a Lion Cabernet Sauvignon Adelaida District
Review: 2021 Daou Soul of a Lion Cabernet Sauvignon Adelaida District
While Daou‘s lineup is increasingly ubiquitous (we just bought a half bottle of Daou Chardonnay on a recent no-frills Allegiant Airlines flight), it’s still cranking out ultra high-end wines at the top end. Soul of a Lion is its most luxe offering, and we recently sampled the new 2021 vintage release.
Dense but soulful, this is a wine that takes its sweet time to find its footing. Decant or plan for ample time in glass, which eventually reveals a sultry chocolate-raspberry character against a backdrop of lush, subdued tannins. That said, the body is no joke. At 14.9% abv, you’d be forgiven for wondering if you were drinking a fortified wine, its ample sweetness providing a powerful backbone against which notes of currants, black cherries, and rhubarb all come to play. Notes of chewy anise and dark chocolate linger forever on the lasting finish, with an echo of blackberry coulis clinging to the experience.
A- / $150 / daouvineyards.com [BUY IT NOW FROM TOTAL WINE]
2021 Daou Soul of a Lion Cabernet Sauvignon Adelaida District
$150
