PlumpJack Estate Winery
Ninety minutes and $120 puts the Reserve Cabernet next to selected vintages of the Estate, under the Vaca Mountains in Oakville. Bottle service on the lawn runs to four.
Why go
The estate sits in Oakville in the shadow of the Vaca Mountains, in Cabernet rows and old oaks, and the winery building on it dates to the 1880s.1 The Collector's Tasting is the one that teaches you something: ninety minutes for $120, the Reserve Cabernet alongside selected vintages of the Estate Cabernet, which is a vertical without calling itself one.1 The hour-long PlumpJack Experience runs daily between ten and three for $80 and covers the Oakville and Napa Valley wines.1 If you want the day rather than the tasting, the Passport links this estate to 13th Vineyard on Howell Mountain and Odette in the Stags Leap District, about six hours, $200 and up, box lunch included.1
Order this / avoid
- Order: the Collector's Tasting. The Reserve beside multiple Estate vintages is the only flight here that shows you what the site does over time.1
- Order: bottle service if you would rather sit than be walked through. Daily ten to four, one bottle minimum.1
- Avoid: driving the Passport yourself. The winery says to schedule a driver and gives you the email to arrange it.1
What locals & experts say
- PlumpJack Estate Winery, on its own ground:
PlumpJack Estate Winery rests in the shadow of the Vaca Mountains, surrounded by rows of Cabernet Sauvignon and ancient oaks. Take a stroll through our estate past our 1880s winery and discover the setting that gives our wine its timeless character.
1 - The same page, on the Passport:
Discover Napa Valley across three iconic estates in one relaxed day: 13th Vineyard on Howell Mountain, PlumpJack Estate in Oakville, and Odette Estate in the Stags Leap District, each offering a unique selection of wines.
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Both are the winery on itself. Its own story page serves a JavaScript shell, so I have no founding history and no outside palate to give you.
Good to know
- Booking: by phone on 707.945.1220 or through the site; the winery handles larger parties through wineryevents@plumpjack.com.1
- The winery's history pages do not load. One serves a JavaScript shell and the other errors, so nothing here tells you who built it or how they make it.
- Hygiene: not established. No inspection instrument for this county is on file here.
Verdict
could-visit — The Collector's Tasting is the reason to stop: ninety minutes, $120, the Reserve Cabernet poured beside selected vintages of the Estate Cabernet, which is a vertical in everything but name. An hour and $80 gets you the shorter version daily between ten and three, and if you just want to sit under the oaks there is bottle service until four on a one-bottle minimum. The Passport day links this estate to 13th Vineyard on Howell Mountain and Odette in Stags Leap for $200 and about six hours, and the winery tells you to hire a driver for it, which is sound. What holds the rung down is that both of the winery's own history pages are broken, so the thing this place is actually known for in the trade is missing from the record here.