Lokoya Cabernet Sauvignon Spring Mountain District 2019

8 reviews for Lokoya Cabernet Sauvignon Spring Mountain District 2019

1. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Allen Duffy – February 10, 2023

   Napa 2023: the quieter version; 2/6/2023-2/11/2023 (Napa/Sonoma California): The initial easy and open wine which I think Spring has been more of late than it used to be. It’s interesting to try it. Also a wine where it took until the last 10 years to really have locked down the vineyards that this mostly comes from. This was dark fruits and that really fine tannin and just a bit of lift. The easiest of the four but as the others opened and developed this one didn’t seem to keep pace in the same way.

2. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Courtney Tijerina – February 11, 2023

   The bottle was double decanted 5 hours early.. Sexy, silky wine that is a little closed but still very enjoyable now. It’ll go 30 years easy and could be drunk now but it’s probably going to need 10 at least to hit its window. Fantastic.

3. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   WS – May 23, 2023

   Seriously packed, with dense black currant, plum and blackberry fruit flavors embedded with prodigious grip, this manages to have a sleek and well-defined feel. Reveals a long iron spine and flashes of anise and violet in the background. A lovely combination of power and purity. Best from 2024 through 2040.

4. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   WA – May 23, 2023

   Lokoya’s 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Spring Mountain is a bit floral and herbal, with lovely bay leaf and sage nuances vaguely reminiscent of some Margaret River Cabernets. Ripe cassis and cherries round out the full-bodied palate in a seamless combination of velvet and silk, finishing long and slinky, again marked by fine-grained, soft tannins. Fruit from two vineyards—Yverdon and Wurtele—goes into this wine, which aged in Sylvain barriques for their subtlety.

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   DEC – May 23, 2023

   Intricate aromas of kirsch, tobacco, potpourri, pine forest, and smoky cedar. Massively powerful and concentrated dark fruit gives buoyancy to this brooding Cabernet. Firm, fine woody tannins lay a solid foundation for a wine that keeps giving through layers of wet river stones, underbrush, herbs, dried currants and walnut husks. A very precise wine with the freshness of a cool, crisp Spring Mountain morning.

6. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   JD – May 23, 2023

   Also from two sites, the 2019 Spring Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon is all Cabernet Sauvignon aged in 87% new French oak. It’s another deeply hued Cabernet revealing a stunning bouquet of ripe red and black plums, graphite, bouquet garni, tobacco, and sappy flowers. Rich, full-bodied, gorgeously balanced, and lengthy on the palate, it deserves 4-5 years of bottle age and will keep for 20-25 years. As with most Spring Mountain releases, it shines just as much for its complexity, nuance, and balance as its power and richness.

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   JS – May 23, 2023

   This is an amazing young wine with blackcurrant, iodine, oyster shell and tile. Crushed stone, too. Full-bodied, yet bright and linear, with great depth and intensity. Tensioned and formed with superb tannins. Framed and real. Speaks of the place. Give this four to five years of bottle age. One for the cellar. Try after 2027.

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   VIN – May 23, 2023

   The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Spring Mountain is the most elegant, nuanced wines in the Lokoya range. Bright red cherry, red plum, blood orange, mint, cinnamon and rose petal lend brightness to this big, potent Cabernet Sauvignon. The Spring Mountain is differentiated in this range for its distinctly red-tone fruit, floral top notes and silky tannins. In 2019, the wine is a blend from Wuerder and Everdon.