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2013 OVID Napa Valley Loc. Cit. 750ML
  • 2013 OVID Napa Valley Loc. Cit. 750ML
2013 OVID Napa Valley Loc. Cit. 750ML

2013 OVID Napa Valley Loc. Cit. 750ML

$1,075.00

The Loc. Cit. Story

An abbreviation of the Latin phrase Loco Citato, the term Loc. Cit. is used in footnotes to mean “in the place cited” or “from the same place.” (For reference abbreviation enthusiasts, it is similar to ibid; but more specific, indicating not only the same work as previously cited, but from the same place in that work, e.g. page or paragraph.) While obscure and esoteric, the term can be poetically extended to suggest: A specific place, full of meaning, returned to again and again.

This is how we see it, though to this particular block of vines we return for bottling only in selected vintages. Since both block and wine are completely composed of Cabernet Sauvignon, they are outliers in the OVID Napa Valley collection. All other Cabernet-based wines are blends. In addition, Loc. Cit. harnesses the radiant capability of this particular block to produce what amounts to an exploration of the pure power of our site.

Tasting Notes

2013 Loc. Cit.

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…”

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Critical Acclaim

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 cuvee 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.