2018 Daou Micho

Opaque ruby. Ripe blackberry, cherry, pipe tobacco, exotic spices and woodsmoke on the powerfully scented nose. Fleshy and expansive in the mouth, offering spice-laced, concentrated black/blue fruit flavors and candied licorice and floral pastille elements that build in the glass. Picks up energy with air and finishes on a bitter cherry note, delivering solid thrust, well-integrated tannins and excellent persistence.

Mostly Merlot blended with 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2018 Micho is another rocking wine that has a touch of Saint-Emilion-like minerality as well as tons of ripe blackcurrant and black cherry fruits, notes of chocolate, loamy earth, and leafy herbs, full-bodied richness, and a layered, ripe, incredibly sexy style.