2013 Lokoya Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 92.2 points

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  1/12/2022 - Montesquieu wrote:

  I suspect this will be fantastic in 15+ years after it fully transitions to secondary flavors. It's still today very primary earth and terroir, not fruit, and wasn't made IMO for consumption now. Wonder if Dunn Howell tasted like this on release in the 1980s. Dunn Howell (many 1980s-2001 bottles in my cellar) is mindblowing and a personal favorite. I'd bet that this will become that - great, but only after another 10-15 years.

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  4/17/2021 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 92 Points

  Still a baby but very approachable now even with the mountain tannins gripping. My descriptor in one word would be dense. Tight compact core of ripe dark fruit, cassis and mineral. Oak and heat hang along the edge as does an unpleasant bret note. Texturally gritty. I suppose give it several more years. Opened in the bottle five hours plus. Lots of options in Napa for less than this.

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  11/19/2016 - Collector1855 wrote: 94 Points

  Napa Valley Master Class with Robert Parker; 11/10/2016-11/20/2016 (Napa Valley): During a tasting session at Lokoya. Expressive nose of dark fruit, pine, touch of pencil shavings, very similar aroma profile than the Spring Mountain next to it. Rich fruit but also here lots of taninns, drying finish. Aroma: 96, Structure: 93
  PS: My summary for Lokoya is: The wines are really characterful and aromatic but the tannins are too rustic and lead to a drying finish of almost all the wines. Having experience with the Bordeaux 1986 and 1988 vintage I am doubtful that they will ever soften enough given where they are now.

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  10/24/2016 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 97 Points

  MW Institute 2013 American Cabernet Tasting, nose of blackberries, black cherry, black currants, and cranberry glaze, same on the palate, very tight on the palate, massive wine, needs 8 years to peak, rich fruit, huge amount of future enjoyment here if you exercise patience, long, long finish.

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  10/24/2016 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 86 Points

  Institute of Masters of Wine - 2013 Cabernet Walk-Around Tasting (Hyatt, San Francisco): Ripe. Some eucalyptus and menthol. Too much ripeness for me. I’d like more acidic freshness. Still, undeniably a good wine in this style.

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