Lokoya Estate’s Wallis Vineyard covers six hectares of the Diamond Mountain District, an AVA in California that sits along the Mayacamas mountain range in the northwest of Napa Valley.
The vineyard was planted in 1997, mainly to Cabernet Sauvignon plus some Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, and since 2014 its fruit has been sold to Jackson Family Wines, used in its Lokoya collection of Cabernet Sauvignon wines. The location, at 180m to 240m above sea level, lessens the impact of the cooling fog that seeps along the valley floor, and increases the vines’ exposure to sunlight. The volcanic and loamy soils, meanwhile, are porous enough to prevent conditions becoming too warm and provide good drainage, giving the resulting wines rich flavours and soft tannins.
This photo shows the Douglas fir and redwood trees that border the Wallis Vineyard and which populate the Diamond Mountain District AVA, whose name derives from the shards of reflective volcanic glass found in the soil.
