Devon Magee, JJ Buckley, March 2011

Vibrant red in color and garnet at the rim. The nose offers abundant red fruit rounded by hints of baking spice. The red fruit continues onto the palate rather seductively, with cranberry as well as earthy notes providing the wine's spine. This youthful wine literally jumps out of the glass and should come together quite nicely over the next year. A great example from a deliciously long, warm vintage on the Sonoma Coast.

95 points,

Pinot Report, January 2011

Medium-deep ruby color; deep, complex dark cherry aromas with spice and dusty notes; ripe, complex dark cherry with cinnamon and pie spice notes; silky texture, sweet oak; great structure and balance; long finish. Very tight now but also full of flavor and potential-needs time in the bottle.

93 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, February 2011

An up-and-coming hillside vineyard seen more and more in Sonoma is the Gap's Crown Vineyard on the Sonoma Coast. The 2009 Pinot Noir Gap's Crown Vineyard, made from some whole clusters, is one of the deeper, more saturated ruby-colored Pinot Noirs from Sojourn. Very Burgundian, with deep raspberry, forest floor, and black cherry fruit as well as hints of earth and mineral, there is a sense of spring flowers as well in this complex, deep, rich, full-bodied Pinot Noir, which is stunning. It has loads of black and red fruits, and to me is the most complex of the Pinot Noirs in the Sojourn Cellars portfolio. It is also a blend of the more modern clones, 113, 114 and 828. Already drinking well, with lots of complexity, it should continue to do so for 7-8 more years.

92 points,

Wine Spectator, July 2011

Firm and concentrated, with complex dried berry, sage, fresh earth, forest floor, underbrush, anise and cedar notes, tightly bound but increasingly expansive and complex as the finish unfolds. Drink now through 2018.-J.L.

About Winery

Based in the town of Sonoma, Sojourn Cellars is a highly acclaimed winery specializing in the production of artisan Pinot noir and Cabernet Sauvignon wines.

Sourcing fruit from celebrated vineyards in both Sonoma and Napa Counties, they help direct farming operations to assure that the grapes are produced using world-class growing techniques. Sojourn consistently produces remarkable wines with a hands-off natural winemaking style that showcases the character and personality of the individual vineyards.

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