Oakville Ranch Vineyard is a rugged 330-acre estate tucked into a rocky shelf overlooking Screaming Eagle and other icons of Napa Valley. It has become one of the most sought-after sites for world-class Cabernet Sauvignon by Napa Valley’s elite winemakers. Wine critics have also begun singing its praises, including awarding the Sojourn 2016 vintage wine a 98 point rating. These vines are farmed organically in red, volcanic soils on steep inclines. The vineyard excelled in the 2017 vintage and the resulting wine offers tremendous depth, finesse and aromatic intensity.
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Jeb Dunnuck
"The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Ranch Vineyard is also beautiful, with plenty of red and black currants, toasted spice, graphite, and smoked tobacco-like aromas and flavors. It shows a gravelly, Graves-like smoky, earthy mineral character with time in the glass and is full-bodied, beautifully balanced, has silky tannins, and a great finish. It shows the more streamlined style of the 2017 vintage and is going to evolve gracefully for 15-20 years." - Jeb Dunnuck
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
"The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Ranch Vineyard, deep ruby-purple in color, offers graphite-laced cassis with nuances of licorice, sweet spices, violets and cigar box. The full-bodied palate is firm and plush, its ripe fruits tempered by mineral nuances, and it finishes long with good freshness." - Erin Brooks, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
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International Wine Report
"The 2017 Oakville Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon from Sojourn Cellars is fantastic. It opens to seductive aromatics of blueberries and blackcurrants which are woven together with pencil shavings, spices, cocoa powder and hints crushed stones which all soar from the glass. On the palate this is fresh and inviting, with a medium to full-bodied, backed by gorgeous plush texture that is framed by lovely minerality. This displays excellent balance, with gorgeous ripe flavors of blackcurrants and spices that persist through the long, mineral-laced finish. Outstanding today, but should also evolve nicely for well over a decade." - Joe D'Angelo, International Wine Report
Oakville Ranch Vineyard
Oakville, Napa Valley
At 1,000 to 1,400 feet above sea level, the Oakville Ranch Vineyard looks west over Napa Valley. This high elevation and western exposure, in combination with soils of clay over volcanic rock, produce the rich, powerfully structured wines that make the vineyard one of the most sought-after in California for Cabernet Sauvignon.