96 Points - 2023 Gap’s Crown Vineyard Pinot Noir

The acclaimed ‘Gap’s Crown Vineyard’ comes from this location that neighbors the Pacific Ocean. This comes off slightly less dense than the ’22 edition but is equally good, with better underlying verve. Salted strawberry and cranberry fruits mingle well with pipe tobacco, wet gravel and suggestions of guava puree with citrus rind accents. A joy to consume now, enjoy over the next fifteen plus years to come.

 

95 Points - 2023 nightwing vineyard pinot noir

The 2023 ‘Nightwing Vineyard’ comes from this site owned by MacRostie, and set on a hillside at 1200 feet. Juicy red fruit flavors mingle well with salty soils, pipe tobacco and loamy soils on the palate. Showing a smooth texture and good sense of minerality, enjoy this beauty now and over the next ten plus years.

 

95 Points - 2023 rodgers creek vineyard pinot noir

For years wines from the ‘Rodgers Creek Vineyard’ have impressed from this location on a ridge in the Sonoma Coast AVA. Like the ’22 bottling, the ’23 is a viscous Pinot Noir with gorgeous tension and a great melange of red and black fruit flavors with the salty, citrus rind undertones. Full-bodied and delicious, enjoy this Beaty now and over the next
fifteen years to come.

 

95 Points - 2023 UV Lucky well vineyard pinot noir

The ‘UV Lucky Well Vineyard’ is a site that was formerly farmed by the Valdez family. This Sonoma Coast AVA site has a great deal of fog and wind. The palate unveils a great range of red and black fruits alongside copious minerals, damp soils and stony accents. Dense and generous, drinking beautifully now, enjoy over the next fifteen years.

 

95 Points - 2023 Ueberroth Vineyard Pinot Noir

The ‘Ueberroth Vineyard’ is located in the Petaluma Gap which is a windy site in the Sonoma Coast AVA. This 2023 Pinot Noir offers cola notes alongside sassafras, black raspberry and shades of salty soils on the palate. Generous and broad-shouldered, with a bright sense of minerality, enjoy now and over the next ten to fifteen years.

 

95 Points - 2023 Walala Vineyard Pinot Noir

The outstanding 2023 ‘Walala Vineyard’ Pinot Noir bottling is sourced from this Sonoma Coast AVA location that is near the Pacific Ocean. Wonderfully briny on the palate, this delivers salted red raspberry and Yakima cherry flavors that collide with copious minerals and satsuma orange zest on the palate. Medium to full-bodied with fabulous structure, enjoy now and over the next fifteen years.

 

95 Points - 2023 gap’s crown vineyard chardonnay

Salty and very bright, the 2023 ‘Gap’s Crown Vineyard’ Chardonnay leads with bright pear and walnut notes on the nose alongside salted melon fruits. The palate is round and generous with a seamless mouthfeel and good sense of tension and salinity from this famed site neighboring the Pacific. Medium to full-bodied, enjoy now and over the next eight to ten years to come. Sojourn Receives top scores from owen Bargreen

 

94 Points - 2023 sangiacomo vineyard pinot noir

The 2023 Sangiacomo Vineyard comes from this windy site in the Sonoma Coast AVA. Once on the nose this takes on layers of dense red fruits alongside freshly tilled loamy soils, sage and shades of lavender. The palate is plush and round with a smooth texture and generous core of heady red fruits. Beautifully evolved in its youth, enjoy over the next ten plus years.

 

94 Points - 2023 sangiacomo vineyard Chardonnay

The really good 2023 Sojourn ‘Sangiacomo Vineyard’ Chardonnay delivers a beautiful melange of citrus and tropical fruits on the nose, showing baking spices and shades of damp soils on the nose. Soft and round on the mouth, with buttery accents, this is already drinking beautifully right now.

 

94 Points - 2023 Sangiacomo vineyard pinot noir

The Sangiacomo Vineyard is a cool, windswept site located in the Sonoma Coast AVA. This is juicy with its pomegranate seed and guava fruit flavors that mingle well with red cherry, kumquat and stony minerals on the palate. Finishing long with red fruits and copious minerals, this is a beautiful new bottling that will cellar well for another fifteen plus years.

 

94 Points - 2022 beckstoffer vineyard georges III cabernet sauvignon

The really good 2022 Sojourn Cellars ‘Beckstoffer Vineyard Georges III’ Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from this famed Napa site first planted in 1895 by Mrs. Thomas Rutherford. It comes off deeply perfumed, evoking pencil lead and sandalwood tones on the nose alongside allspice dusted black fruits and tar accents. The palate is plush and refined with a silky texture and generous mouthfeel. Gorgeous now, enjoy over the next ten to fifteen years.

 

93 Points - 2023 sonoma coast pinot noir

This is one of the first of its kind from 2023 that I have tasted, coming from the Sonoma Coast AVA. Salty soils and cranberry tones mark the nose alongside shades of blood orange zest. The palate is soft and refined with good salty character with cran-cola and shades of Bing cherry. Very delicious, enjoy now and over the next eight to ten years.

 

93 Points - 2022 home ranch cuvÉE cabernet sauvignon

The 2022 ‘Home Ranch Cuvee’ is sourced from this location in southwestern Sonoma County that was planted by Sojourn founder Craig Haserot in 2002. Soft and refined on the mouth, this shows sweet pipe tobacco and black cherry compote flavors alongside shades of black licorice on the palate. Medium bodied, with good tension, enjoy now and over the next ten years.