Loc. Cit.
Tasting Note
The 2013 vintage was an epic year in Napa Valley - a year of remarkable alignment. The second year of drought started with an early and dry budbreak and set followed by a warm, long and seamless growing season. Harvest was impeccable too, stretching the length of September, allowing us a leisurely picking window and yielding expressive and utterly ripe fruit from each grape varietal in our vineyard.
Of the 2013 Loc. Cit. wine, Antonio Galloni wrote: “There are just two barrels of the 2013 Loc. Cit., which happens to be the single greatest wine I have ever tasted at OVID. Rich, powerful and utterly decadent, the 2013 possesses superb density and pure power married to a real sense of sophistication…”
Antonio Galloni
Rich, powerful and utterly decadent, the 2013 possesses superb density and pure power married to a real sense of sophistication.
There are just two barrels of the 2013 Loc. Cit., which happens to be the single greatest wine I have ever tasted at OVID. Rich, powerful and utterly decadent, the 2013 possesses superb density and pure power married to a real sense of sophistication. Dark red cherry, plum, mint, rose petal and sweet herbs meld into the unctuous, resonant finish. A dramatic, full-throttle wine, the 2013 Loc. Cit. is dazzling. The 2013 is mostly Clone 4 Cabernet, which is what gives the wine its dark, powerful personality. Readers who can find the 2013 should not hesitate, as it is magnificent.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2013 Loc.Cit. is a tiny cuvée of just three barrels. Opaque purple-colored, it seems more reserved and backward than the other wines, but offers up significant yet velvety tannins and a hint of wild mountain flowers intermixed with briary blackberry and blueberry fruit. It is full-bodied, but seems dense and backward. Give it 3-4 years of cellaring and drink it over the following two-plus decades.