Pretty nose of black raspberry and black cherry. This is dense and chewy with nice depth. This is bright and fragrant, even young. Great mouth-feel with texture that punches well above its price, this has some nice notes of Asian spice and vanilla.. Big bold tannins with nice balance. Very consistent year in and year out, this always shows well and a definite cross-section of all the vineyard designates from the year. Remains a great QPR.
This is dark; fragrant nose of macerated black cherries and sweet black plum skins. Quite beautiful, as usual. Palate shows its youthful playfulness of the deeply layered black-red fruits I have come to associate the Rodgers bottling with, which by the way is one of my yearly favorites. Somewhat chewy and dense with a peaked acidity level that should flesh out wonderfully in 2-3 years. Overall, the balance is quite nice for a wine so young. It's really is not fair to drink these so young but this is for science and I have no hard rules to which guide me. If you coax this one, you can actually find some orange-peel and Asian spices buried deep within. The finish is long and even more structured than the palate in that it 'metamorphizes' itself for many minutes after it has gone down the gullet and I now sense some blackberries, boysenberries and soft cardamom. Always a very interesting wine, you will be thrilled in a few. Night two: this has opened up wonderfully as I knew it would. Still dark and fragrant but now fleshed out and even unctuous. Pretty black raspberries and near sour cherries make this s still interesting but in a whole new way tonight. Tonight 94
Pure Sonoma Coast nose with some hi-toned cherry, sassafras, cola and red currant. Palate shows a beautifully delineated textural quality I really love; it's suave and refined while being a bit rambunctious and sassy. Mouth-feel is precise and balance lithe. Tannins fully controlled and actually compared to some of it's siblings, notably Rodgers ans Sonoma Coast, this has quite the 'here & now'. Not a single rough edge to be found, this is just awesome. Finish is long and accurate and true. I would not hesitate to open another next month but would be well served to save for at least a year, maybe less, maybe this summer, maybe on my deck. This is Sonoma Schnizzle Squared.
Pretty nose of blue and red fruits with a wonderful creamy quality I truly dig.Palate shows a super refined reddish fruited Pinot Noir with so much complication going on. Intense red rapberries with hints of soft blueberry pie and a note of C.Howards gum (violet) which always gets my attention. Tannins have a tremendous amount of layers and acidity is of the bright persuasion and this is too hard not to drink up as it goes down sooooo smoothly I liken it to candy, but in a good, nay.... GREAT way. A mouth-feel that defies gravity and conventional wisdom, I think the 10% WC really adds a dimension to this as it certainly has a certain something. This Gap's Crown could quite possibly be the best Gap's Crown I have ever encountered. Long and true finish just puts the cherry on ts cake and this cake is just amazing. Lithe, fragrant, glossy and elegant, this oozes class and goodness at every turn. Footnote:This wine really quite special. Try as I do to find fault with any wine I drink, I just come up with nothing here and as a matter of fact, if I had to find one flaw on this is its ability to disappear from my glass and then my decanter much too fast, it's that f-ing good.
2015 Sojourn Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast 90 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
(12/24/2016)
Pretty nose of black raspberry and black cherry. This is dense and chewy with nice depth. This is bright and fragrant, even young. Great mouth-feel with texture that punches well above its price, this has some nice notes of Asian spice and vanilla.. Big bold tannins with nice balance. Very consistent year in and year out, this always shows well and a definite cross-section of all the vineyard designates from the year. Remains a great QPR.
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2015 Sojourn Pinot Noir Rodgers Creek Vineyard Sonoma Coast 92 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
(12/29/2016)
This is dark; fragrant nose of macerated black cherries and sweet black plum skins. Quite beautiful, as usual. Palate shows its youthful playfulness of the deeply layered black-red fruits I have come to associate the Rodgers bottling with, which by the way is one of my yearly favorites. Somewhat chewy and dense with a peaked acidity level that should flesh out wonderfully in 2-3 years. Overall, the balance is quite nice for a wine so young. It's really is not fair to drink these so young but this is for science and I have no hard rules to which guide me. If you coax this one, you can actually find some orange-peel and Asian spices buried deep within. The finish is long and even more structured than the palate in that it 'metamorphizes' itself for many minutes after it has gone down the gullet and I now sense some blackberries, boysenberries and soft cardamom. Always a very interesting wine, you will be thrilled in a few.
Night two: this has opened up wonderfully as I knew it would. Still dark and fragrant but now fleshed out and even unctuous. Pretty black raspberries and near sour cherries make this s still interesting but in a whole new way tonight. Tonight 94
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2015 Sojourn Pinot Noir Sangiacomo Vineyard 93 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
(1/11/2017)
Pure Sonoma Coast nose with some hi-toned cherry, sassafras, cola and red currant. Palate shows a beautifully delineated textural quality I really love; it's suave and refined while being a bit rambunctious and sassy. Mouth-feel is precise and balance lithe. Tannins fully controlled and actually compared to some of it's siblings, notably Rodgers ans Sonoma Coast, this has quite the 'here & now'. Not a single rough edge to be found, this is just awesome. Finish is long and accurate and true. I would not hesitate to open another next month but would be well served to save for at least a year, maybe less, maybe this summer, maybe on my deck. This is Sonoma Schnizzle Squared.
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2015 Sojourn Pinot Noir Gap's Crown Vineyard Sonoma Coast 94 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
(1/13/2017)
Pretty nose of blue and red fruits with a wonderful creamy quality I truly dig.Palate shows a super refined reddish fruited Pinot Noir with so much complication going on. Intense red rapberries with hints of soft blueberry pie and a note of C.Howards gum (violet) which always gets my attention. Tannins have a tremendous amount of layers and acidity is of the bright persuasion and this is too hard not to drink up as it goes down sooooo smoothly I liken it to candy, but in a good, nay.... GREAT way. A mouth-feel that defies gravity and conventional wisdom, I think the 10% WC really adds a dimension to this as it certainly has a certain something. This Gap's Crown could quite possibly be the best Gap's Crown I have ever encountered. Long and true finish just puts the cherry on ts cake and this cake is just amazing. Lithe, fragrant, glossy and elegant, this oozes class and goodness at every turn.
Footnote:This wine really quite special. Try as I do to find fault with any wine I drink, I just come up with nothing here and as a matter of fact, if I had to find one flaw on this is its ability to disappear from my glass and then my decanter much too fast, it's that f-ing good.
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