THE CHALK REPORT

by Andrew Chalk It has been a decade since I discovered DAOU, toured their spectacular rolling estate vineyard, and tasted their wines. A lot has changed since. In 2016 Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon-based wines flew under the radar, unmentioned in Napa and Sonoma Cabernet reviews. Now, they are recognized for their quality, with DAOU as one of the flagship wineries and its region, the Adeleida District, drawing attention of its own. Bring on the 2023 vintage of DAOU’s flagsh

by Andrew Chalk The preamble to part one read… “More people are coming round to the idea that Texas can make good wine as they sample more of it. But the ultimate test of gravitas in, at least red wines, is how they age. How does Texas do in that regard? To find out, I am doing a series of tastings of Texas wines, all 10+ years old, and assessing how they are doing. I am choosing them based on how their peers in other parts of the world do at the end of their first decade.”