About PlumpJack Winery
Gavin Newsom and Gordon Getty's 1995 Oakville estate — the Shakespearean-named winery that made headlines by simultaneously releasing a Cabernet Sauvi
PlumpJack Winery is Napa Valley's most intellectually provocative and personally spirited Oakville estate.
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PlumpJack Winery isPlumpJack Winery is Napa Valley's most intellectually provocative and personally spirited Oakville estate.
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When Gavin NewsomWhen Gavin Newsom — then a San Francisco businessman, now California's Governor — and philanthropist Gordon Getty established PlumpJack in 1995, they named it after Shakespeare's beloved comic character Sir John Falstaff (PlumpJack being Falstaff's nickname), declaring their intention to produce world-class Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon without the pomposity and self-importance that too often surrounds fine wine.
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The philosophy manifestedThe philosophy manifested most famously in 2000, when PlumpJack released its Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon in two formats simultaneously: half the production under traditional cork, and half under screwcap, at a $10 premium for the screwcap version to provoke conversation about wine closure orthodoxy.
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Featured Wines
Cabernet Sauvignon
Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Oakville / PlumpJack Estate
PlumpJack's flagship — estate Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon consistently earning 93–96 points for the warm, structured, age-worthy character that the Shakespearean-named anti-pretension Oakville estate produces with the same quality conviction as far more ceremonious Napa Valley neighbors.
Estate
★★★★☆
Cabernet Sauvignon
Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
Oakville / PlumpJack Estate
The famous dual-closure Reserve — PlumpJack's most critically acclaimed Oakville Cabernet released simultaneously under cork and screwcap in 2000, earning 94–97 points and making international headlines for questioning wine closure orthodoxy with genuine conviction.
Estate
★★★★☆
Chardonnay
Chardonnay
Napa Valley / Oakville Estate
PlumpJack's estate white expression — Oakville Chardonnay produced with the same anti-pomposity philosophy that Gavin Newsom and Gordon Getty applied to the Cabernet program, food-first and genuinely enjoyable.
Estate
★★★★☆
Cabernet Sauvignon
CADE Cabernet Sauvignon
Howell Mountain / CADE Estate
The PlumpJack Group's mountain Howell Mountain LEED-certified sister estate — CADE Cabernet showing what the same PlumpJack quality conviction produces from Howell Mountain's volcanic terrain at significant elevation above the Napa Valley floor.
Estate
★★★★☆
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Daily appointment at the Shakespearean-named Oakville estate of California Governor Gavin Newsom and Gordon Getty — estate and Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon from one of Napa Valley's most intellectually provocative and genuinely unpretentious Oakville wine programs. 93–97 pts from Wine Spectator.
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