Winemaker Notes
The Sangiacomo Vineyard Pinot noir is a robust wine, with bold flavors and an exceptional creamy texture. The vineyard is located on Roberts Road at the western base of Sonoma Mountain. In 2020 Sojourn blended equal parts of clone 115 and Mt Eden with a touch of Swan clone adding nuance. The aromas are intriguing with classic Pinot noir red fruit notes and hints of forest floor. This vintage offers excellent acidity with higher levels of tannins. Yields were tiny in 2020, thus they bottled only a small amount of this wine and allocations are reduced from normal levels.
The Sonoma Coast AVA is large in area but, not counting overlapping regions like Russian River Valley, only has a few thousand acres of grapevines—and it’s no wonder. Much of the region is rugged and not easily accessible. Its proximity to the Pacific Ocean’s fog and cool breezes limits the varieties that can be cultivated, but it proves to be an ideal environment for high quality Pinot Noir.
Since fog is a frequent fact of life here, as are heavy marine layers that sometimes bring rain, the best vineyards are wisely planted above the fog line, on picturesque ridges that capture enough sun to provide even ripening. That, with the overnight drop in temperature that reliably preserves acidity, results in fine expressions of Pinot Noir that often receive tremendous critic and consumer praise alike, and are often in high demand.