2013 Lokoya Winery Mt Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley California USA-3L

Winemaker Notes
The musculature, natural beauty and somewhat untamed nature of thoroughbred horses attract millions to the sport of kings because that raw vitality is undeniable to our basic nature. Lokoya Howell Mountain, like the thoroughbred, has an undeniable attraction as the rich blackberry, forest aromatics and tamed but not quite tamed tannins provide us with a taste of the wild that we can’t help but revel in.

Press
" A wine offering notes of grilled steak, steak tartare, beef blood, blueberries and blackberries galore...This 100% Cabernet Sauvignon wine is utterly profound, and while the scoring system ends at 100, if I had to pick a single wine that may have been my favorite of all the tastings I did in Napa, this could have been my pick. Full-bodied, rich, with incredible integration of its component parts of acidity, tannin, alcohol and wood, the wine is lavishly built, has compelling purity, richness and density, and a finish, again, that rivals that of the Howell Mountain, being close to one minute in length. This wine will be certainly approachable young, but last 30-40+ years."

Rated 100  Points Wine Advocate

"The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Mount Veeder is the most finessed of the Lokoya Cabernets. Powerful, incisive tannins provide the backdrop as this regal, towering Cabernet shows off its distinctive personality. Pine, menthol, wild flowers, sweet red berries, pomegranate and blood orange are laced together in a vivid, crystalline Cabernet with a very bright future. The 2013 gets better and better with time in the glass. Even today, though, it is simply magnificent." 

Rated 97 Points Vinous