Lokoya
Diamond Mountain District Cabernet Sauvignon
Diamond Mountain, Napa Valley, California, USA
Who decided a 750 ml was the adequate volume of one bottle!? Isn't it ludicrous? A magnum should be the standard issue, no? The effort grown and bottled and all the attention deserved of such a love and alive thing as this 2005. all that exquisite attention gone in a 1/2 hour after the pulled cork. God damn the 750! I wish we had more time together. How many times have you felt this with the sunset, the curling wave, the point of being alive in the moment you've been living to see?
Who decided a 750 ml was the adequate volume of one bottle!? Isn't it ludicrous? A magnum should be the standard issue, no? The effort grown and bottled and all the attention deserved of such a love and alive thing as this 2005. all that exquisite attention gone in a 1/2 hour after the pulled cork. God damn the 750! I wish we had more time together. How many times have you felt this with the sunset, the curling wave, the point of being alive in the moment you've been living to see?
1 person found it helpfulDec 3rd, 2015
After a decant & a toast the wine was smooth & rich
After a decant & a toast the wine was smooth & rich
Dec 11th, 2014
Top 2-3 Napa Cabs I've ever had. Magical nose, cassis, cocoa, red flowers. Rich but nicely aged mid-palate, spreading into a wide swathe of candied red and black fruit, soft but powerful. Secondary stuff in spades. Then - an explosion at the back-end of cedary fruit and fig, tobacco, dark chocolate that lasted for >60 seconds. Just a monumental wine, sadly a solo.
This is note #500 for me, grateful to so many Delectable contributors who take the time to educate and expand my wine perspectives (or, in the case of @Bill Bender...other stuff, too!). Thanks to @Anthony Lombardi @Kimberly Anderson @Jörgen Lindström Carlvik @Jeff Savigny@Ron R@Shawn R @Richard Steinberg @Martin G Rivard (who is living the dream), @Greg Gregory among so many others, not to mention @Roman Sukley with magical reach to inaccessible, iconic SQNs (and the will to pop them) and frank open perspectives from legendary winemakers like @Mike Smith and @Cathy Corison, you all make this a neat community of which I try to be a small contributor.
Finally - a renewed plea to @Antonio Galloni to return "trending" to this community, as it was stolen by the bean counters! I'm no social media expert (I do have 2 teenagers!) but I'm pretty sure that "trending" speaks to the integrity and will to contribute of an entire community...take a look!
Top 2-3 Napa Cabs I've ever had. Magical nose, cassis, cocoa, red flowers. Rich but nicely aged mid-palate, spreading into a wide swathe of candied red and black fruit, soft but powerful. Secondary stuff in spades. Then - an explosion at the back-end of cedary fruit and fig, tobacco, dark chocolate that lasted for >60 seconds. Just a monumental wine, sadly a solo.
This is note #500 for me, grateful to so many Delectable contributors who take the time to educate and expand my wine perspectives (or, in the case of @Bill Bender...other stuff, too!). Thanks to @Anthony Lombardi @Kimberly Anderson @Jörgen Lindström Carlvik @Jeff Savigny@Ron R@Shawn R @Richard Steinberg @Martin G Rivard (who is living the dream), @Greg Gregory among so many others, not to mention @Roman Sukley with magical reach to inaccessible, iconic SQNs (and the will to pop them) and frank open perspectives from legendary winemakers like @Mike Smith and @Cathy Corison, you all make this a neat community of which I try to be a small contributor.
Finally - a renewed plea to @Antonio Galloni to return "trending" to this community, as it was stolen by the bean counters! I'm no social media expert (I do have 2 teenagers!) but I'm pretty sure that "trending" speaks to the integrity and will to contribute of an entire community...take a look!
Sell it but I never get to taste it. And damn, that is one tasty beverage!
Sell it but I never get to taste it. And damn, that is one tasty beverage!
Feb 5th, 2015
Guessing many people would go old world if blinded this bad boy.
Guessing many people would go old world if blinded this bad boy.
Dec 2nd, 2014Fruity high tannins, opening up. Big cab long finish.
Fruity high tannins, opening up. Big cab long finish.
May 4th, 2014