Hundred Acre Vineyard
Ark Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley, California, USA
Dark ruby in color with a brick rim.
Showing a beautiful nose of black fruits, cedar, vanilla and chocolates.
Full bodied with medium acidity.
Fruit forward on the palate with nice complexity and a soft mouthfeel.
Showing black currant, blackberries, cooked plums, cedar, licorice, vanilla, cola, spices, chocolates, tobacco, herbs, caramel, light earth, eacaliptus and black pepper.
Spicy on the long finish with spices, cherries and fine grained tannins.
This beautiful 15-year-old is drinking very nicely now. smooth and elegant, rich and extracted
Peaking now and will continue to drink nicely in the next 5 to 15 years.
Good right out of the bottle and better after 30 minutes of airtime.
Soft and enjoyable by itself. A great sipping wine. Just gorgeous.
15.5% alcohol by volume.
95 points.
$500.
Dark ruby in color with a brick rim.
Showing a beautiful nose of black fruits, cedar, vanilla and chocolates.
Full bodied with medium acidity.
Fruit forward on the palate with nice complexity and a soft mouthfeel.
Showing black currant, blackberries, cooked plums, cedar, licorice, vanilla, cola, spices, chocolates, tobacco, herbs, caramel, light earth, eacaliptus and black pepper.
Spicy on the long finish with spices, cherries and fine grained tannins.
This beautiful 15-year-old is drinking very nicely now. smooth and elegant, rich and extracted
Peaking now and will continue to drink nicely in the next 5 to 15 years.
Good right out of the bottle and better after 30 minutes of airtime.
Soft and enjoyable by itself. A great sipping wine. Just gorgeous.
15.5% alcohol by volume.
95 points.
$500.
Killer nose of pure blackberry led a potent, broad panoply of dark velvety fruit and vanilla oak, giving a sense of just having been bottled in spite of its age. This is a keeper, insanely good and likely getting better.
Killer nose of pure blackberry led a potent, broad panoply of dark velvety fruit and vanilla oak, giving a sense of just having been bottled in spite of its age. This is a keeper, insanely good and likely getting better.
May 21st, 2021
The Dark Ark doesn’t appear in the Delectable system, but wow this is intense.
The Dark Ark doesn’t appear in the Delectable system, but wow this is intense.
Nov 23rd, 2020
What was your last critic rated “100pt” wine? This one, a huge Napa Cab, an atypical wine for me, but it was beautiful after a 4 hour decant. 15.5% alcohol, but you would never know it. Incredibly deep, layered and intensely flavored with marvelous texture and mouthfeel. Rich black and blue fruits, mocha, subtle hints of charcuterie and seamless oak integration with a 30 second finish. 💥
What was your last critic rated “100pt” wine? This one, a huge Napa Cab, an atypical wine for me, but it was beautiful after a 4 hour decant. 15.5% alcohol, but you would never know it. Incredibly deep, layered and intensely flavored with marvelous texture and mouthfeel. Rich black and blue fruits, mocha, subtle hints of charcuterie and seamless oak integration with a 30 second finish. 💥
Jul 11th, 2020
Chocolate covered cherries. Soft and elegant. Complex layers. Long long long finish creamy caramello!
Chocolate covered cherries. Soft and elegant. Complex layers. Long long long finish creamy caramello!
Nov 5th, 2019
I have had this wine many times and never ever failed - just a brilliant bottle of wine - everything is in this bottle - joy laughter amazing times friendship perspectives and to boot this time I think it has a candy like initial taste - finish was quicker than I remember but omg this is delicious- my bud @David L never cease to amaze me - what a selection
I have had this wine many times and never ever failed - just a brilliant bottle of wine - everything is in this bottle - joy laughter amazing times friendship perspectives and to boot this time I think it has a candy like initial taste - finish was quicker than I remember but omg this is delicious- my bud @David L never cease to amaze me - what a selection
Dec 22nd, 2018
Part 1 of the final and main event for the Fall WNH. The most spectacular lineup of wines I’ve ever seen, and an overall wonderful ending to an amazing trip with fantastic people.
To me, these wines epitomize hedonistic, plush and silky Napa Cabernet. Milk chocolate dipped black cherries, blueberry pie and nutmeg topped mocha on the nose. Rich and exuberant on the palate with a finish wrapped in bacon fat and cherries jubilee. Wonderful wine, @Mike R !
Part 1 of the final and main event for the Fall WNH. The most spectacular lineup of wines I’ve ever seen, and an overall wonderful ending to an amazing trip with fantastic people.
To me, these wines epitomize hedonistic, plush and silky Napa Cabernet. Milk chocolate dipped black cherries, blueberry pie and nutmeg topped mocha on the nose. Rich and exuberant on the palate with a finish wrapped in bacon fat and cherries jubilee. Wonderful wine, @Mike R !