Description
The shortage of rainfall in 2021 led to high-stress growing conditions for our vines. The resulting grapes were small and concentrated, giving us wines with great concentration, intensity, and structure. The nose of the 2021 PlumpJack Estate Cabernet Sauvignon leads with juicy fruits – black cherry, boysenberry, blackberry jam, and muddled mixed berries. The fruit is layered with fresh mint, sage, and iron filings. These aromas are complemented by warming spices, vanilla, and cocoa nib. The palate has a beautiful, velvety texture with plushtannin and an enduring finish with impressions of espresso and dark chocolate.
Vinous
- v95
The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is rich, racy and super-expressive. Silky and deep, with notable resonance, the 2021 offers up dark red/purplish fruit, lavender, spice, menthol, new leather and licorice. Today, it is a very young wine in need of cellaring, but its potential is evident. Dollops of Petit Verdot and Malbec round out the blend. This should be positively stellar.
Antonio Galloni, December 2023
Jeb Dunnuck
- jd94
Cassis, currants, graphite, crushed stone, and some tobacco and sappy herb notes all emerge from the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon, a beautifully textured, full-bodied, Oakville Cabernet that has some classic iron and olive notes with time in the glass. It’s one heck of a classic Cabernet from this team that will keep for 15+ years if well stored.
December 26, 2023
Wine Spectator
- ws92
A creamy, inviting, fruit-driven version, with waves of steeped cherry, boysenberry and blackberry rolling through the polished, frankly toasted finish. Drink now through 2035. 5,795 cases made.
Jonny McCormick, August 12, 2024
Wine Advocate
- wa91
The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate reflects much of the property’s 35 producing acres of Cabernet on the eastern side of the Oakville AVA. Tasted under screw cap (the winery offers both cork and screw-cap closures), the wine offers up notes of mocha, black cherries and brown sugar. It’s full-bodied, with a slightly coarse but velvety texture, showing ample concentration but not much elegance at this young age.
Joe Czerwinski, January 31, 2024
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