Ode to Harold by Daniel Baron Oakville Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
What the critics think
Silver Winner
Decanter World Wine Awards
Nominee
Wine of the Year 2024
Silver
North Coast Wine Challenge 2023
What the critics think
Silver Winner
Decanter World Wine Awards
Nominee
Wine of the Year 2024
Silver
North Coast Wine Challenge 2023
About the wine
Lyrical Napa Cabernet in honor of a mentor
- Teeming with deep, dark flavors like ripe black cherry and juicy plum – with a plush, velvety texture and a dash of sweet oak spice from premium barrel aging – Daniel’s Cabernet is poetry in motion.
- With your support, Daniel created this Cabernet masterpiece as a homage to his UC Davis professor and renowned viticulturist Dr. Harold Olmo – from a single iconic vineyard in Napa’s famed Oakville Bench that Harold showed him in 1976. The rest of Daniel's story is Wine Country history.
- Daniel made top-tier Cabernet for the likes of Silver Oak and Dominus for decades. Now he’s all yours. Treat yourself to this irresistible sip of luxury. Sumptuous, silky and seductive – Daniel’s Cabernet has it all.
Best before
This one is a keeper. It will age for 25-30 years in proper cellar conditions, i.e., constant temperatures between 50-60F.
Serving advice
If drinking now, decant, decant, decant - and serve cooler than room temperature.
Food match
I would pair this wine with a dry-aged, bone-in ribeye and scalloped potatoes. It would also be great with osso buco, hearty meat pasta or grilled vegetables like portobello mushroom.
Contains sulphites
Wine profile
Meet the winemaker - Daniel Baron
- Daniel Baron is a wine world icon, full of more anecdotes than wine vintages — of which, he’s contributed to 50 — including an iconic year at Petrus and pioneering roles at Dominus Estate, Silver Oak & Twomey.
- Working for Angels, “I can gather many threads from the warp and woof of my life fabric — and pay homage to the many mentors who have informed my passion for winemaking over these decades,” Daniel says.
- Look for specialty Napa and Sonoma reds from Daniel - made with a true expert's touch. “It is a dream come true for me to bring 50 years of winemaking into one bottle, and offer it to you."
Listen to Daniel’s lifetime of winemaking stories on his podcast, The Winemaker’s Journey — featuring interviews with fellow winemakers and friends in the Napa Valley.
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