Kent Jarman

The Place Cabernet Sauvignon is the central grape in Kent Jarman’s work, and the wines most closely tied to his name are built around that variety’s dark fruit, firm structure, and Napa Valley register. The bottles connected to him stay within familiar territory: Napa Valley appellations, hillside and benchland references, and cellar-driven Cabernet in the same broad geographic frame. Production experience at Somerston Wine Company placed Kent Jarman in the Associate Winemaker role, where the work sits on the measured side of cellar operations. At Coup de Foudre Winery, where he served as Winemaker, his name is attached to Cabernet bottlings, including a Calistoga release. Read together, those roles trace a career that has stayed close to Cabernet and to the Napa Valley wines that define it.

The Method The tasting notes point to a consistent set of markers in Kent Jarman’s wines: dark fruit, concentrated preserve, chocolate, and an herbal lift. That combination suggests Cabernet Sauvignon treated for density and definition, with aromatic lift still present in the glass. The notes do not read as accidental detail; they describe a style that keeps structure in view while pushing ripeness and depth. The job history backs up that profile. Associate Winemaker at Somerston Wine Company implies the kind of cellar discipline that depends on repeatable execution and close attention to production. Winemaker at Coup de Foudre Winery marks the move into lead responsibility, before the current association with Sommras. The progression is direct: sustained attention to Cabernet, and to the practical demands of making it well.

The Range Sommras is the present-day point of connection in Kent Jarman’s profile, with earlier wines showing how that work has held together over time. The 2013 Coup de Foudre Cabernet Sauvignon Calistoga places him in Cabernet from Calistoga, while the 2018 Cuvee 27.2 adds another dated wine from Coup de Foudre Winery. The range is focused rather than broad, and it stays within the same Cabernet-centered lane. Across those named wines, the variable is vintage and place, not method or identity. The work remains tied to Napa Valley Cabernet tradition, with concentration, aromatic depth, and firm architecture appearing as the recurring concerns.

Signature

Kent Jarman’s signature wines include 2018 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, 2019 Sommras Atlas Peak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, and 2018 Cuvee 27.2.