Wine critics have proclaimed 2021 as one of the premier vintages in Napa Valley. In 2021 we blended wines from Oakville Ranch Vineyard with two blocks of Cabernet Sauvignon grown on Skellenger Lane to produce this balanced and complex Oakville appellation blend. Oakville Ranch Vineyard is in the hills among famous neighbors Dalla Valle, Pedregal and Backus vineyards. It produces powerful, rich, structured wines. The other two vineyards add generous blue fruit flavors and rich lush tannins to balance out the powerful mountain structure of Oakville Ranch Vineyard. The resulting wine is rich and vibrant, offering vivid flavors of blackberry, raspberry, cassis and mocha.
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International Wine Report
"The 2021 Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon from Sojourn showcases a medium to dark ruby-purple core with a fluorescent rim in the glass. Boisterous aromas of macerated boysenberries, blue plums, milk chocolate, dried purple flowers, leather, and hints of sweet vanilla and white tobacco all are present and wonderfully combined. Medium crunchy tannins lead to a lush balanced finish. Acidity is on point and helps finish things off on a strong note." - Jeremy Young, International Wine Report
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Wine Enthusiast
"Powerful and richly flavored, this 100% Cabernet Sauvignon carries lush flavors of red and black plum, wet tobacco and layers of oak. Tannins are densely packed, velvety-textured and persistent. A wine of generosity." - Elaine Chukan Brown, Wine Enthusiast
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
"Sojourn's 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville consists primarily of lots that didn't fit into the Oakville Ranch Vineyard bottling, but it also includes smaller portions from two other Oakville sites. Matured in 70% new French oak, it offers up bold aromas of red and black cherries accented by hints of loamy earth and mocha-scented oak. It's full-bodied, almost creamy in texture across the mid-palate, then finishes with a velvety flourish on the softly dusty finish. Already very drinkable, it should hold up well for a decade or so, perhaps longer." - Joe Czerwinski, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
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.