WTN: 2007 Sojourn Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

New producer for me. Got rave reviews and high scores on another wine forum so I wanted to try. I ordered Pinots from four appellations and two different Cabernet Sauvignon wines from Sojourn. This was the first one I opened.
14.3% alcohol
Grapes are from four different vineyards and five clones. The vineyards are Sangiocomo's Lakeville and Roberts Road properties, Windsor Oak, and Sullivan. Deep ruby color with some purple tints. Purple grapey nose. Initially tastes both extracted and acidic to me with boysenberry and blueberry in the flavors. Initially rather startling and not too appealing. Liked it somewhat better with the second and subsequent glasses. It may take a little getting used to the style. I would rate it in the mid- to high '80's--not in the 90's as I have seen elsewhere. The winemaker says he feels the blend needs a year of bottling to integrate and should be coming around late 2009. Will be interested to see what I think of the other Pinots and the Cabernet.

Thanks for that note. I have some of the Sojourn too (only the Pinots, no Cab), but I haven't tried any. It looks like I better give them another year or so.
The Roessler from the same vintage (a maker I've seen Jenise praise) , and hyped by some of the same people, has been doing very nicely, even the La Encantada bottling from Sta Maria, which some critic's have been down on. (I actually haven't gotten to the Sonomas yet.)
In any case, much appreciated.

Josh