Lokoya - Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 (750ml) Aglianco

Lokoya - Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 (750ml) AgliancoWalking our vineyard during harvest on Mount Veeder in the early morning hours, you are struck by an abundance of sun. This is different from other parts of the valley and, for that matter, from our vineyard at other times of day. You look across a great lake of fog below you and up to an azure sky and realize that what denes Mount Veeder is an intensity of light. This intensity has the effect on the 2009 Mount Veeder of concentrated blue fruits,

Aging peacefully under the distinctive blue glow of the estate's first-year barrel cellar

chocolate and graphite

This is a well-balanced wine with a lingering finish

is aknowleged by top professionals in the wine trade

This is a perfect example of classic Petite Sirah from Napa Valley

De Bartoli has vines not at its home estate in the contrada of Samperi near Marsala but slightly north in the province of Trapani (where their Pignatello is planted as well)

the expression of tension and intensity: they are bright and brilliant

game of hair and feather

For the first time in the Beaujolais area

Slightly spicy with a touch of grey pepper

Robust cherry and strawberry fruit flavors

A rich bouquet of toasty hazelnut