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
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 !
Deep, dark and luscious. What a wonderful wine to celebrate Christmas 2020 with a filet roast.
Deep, dark and luscious. What a wonderful wine to celebrate Christmas 2020 with a filet roast.
Dec 26th, 2020
Friday...time for a break from the war on the coronavirus...and time for a WINE WAR! Both bottles have practiced years of social distancing in the cellar...there is no vaccine to stop this wine war either
2008 Hundred Acre...a true Napa modern style of rich tannins, liberally oaked, and picked late and ripe at 15.5% alcohol.
2008 Dominus..more old world style with firmer tannins, prominent acidity, more earthy and herbaceous...not as approachable young..at 14.1% alcohol.
Let the decanting begin...check back later tonight for the winner!
We have a winner! 9.4 for the Hundred Acre and a 9.3 for the Dominus....though if compared again in a few years, I believe the Dominus will be on top.....it just needs a few more years to fully come together.
Hundred Acre..dark ruby red color. Nose: sweet cherries, spice box, graphite, plum all jump from the glass. Taste: ripe cherries, espresso, cinnamon, plum..with a nice long finish and no reason it could not go for 10 more years.
Dominus..deep dark garnet color. The nose is a bit muted but the palate is singing. Nose: cherry, charcoal, floral, creme brulee. Taste: A creamy smooth mouthfeel of black fruit, chocolate, licorice with nice round tannins. Not over the top, drinking well, but a wine I believe will be even better in a few years.
Friday...time for a break from the war on the coronavirus...and time for a WINE WAR! Both bottles have practiced years of social distancing in the cellar...there is no vaccine to stop this wine war either
2008 Hundred Acre...a true Napa modern style of rich tannins, liberally oaked, and picked late and ripe at 15.5% alcohol.
2008 Dominus..more old world style with firmer tannins, prominent acidity, more earthy and herbaceous...not as approachable young..at 14.1% alcohol.
Let the decanting begin...check back later tonight for the winner!
We have a winner! 9.4 for the Hundred Acre and a 9.3 for the Dominus....though if compared again in a few years, I believe the Dominus will be on top.....it just needs a few more years to fully come together.
Hundred Acre..dark ruby red color. Nose: sweet cherries, spice box, graphite, plum all jump from the glass. Taste: ripe cherries, espresso, cinnamon, plum..with a nice long finish and no reason it could not go for 10 more years.
Dominus..deep dark garnet color. The nose is a bit muted but the palate is singing. Nose: cherry, charcoal, floral, creme brulee. Taste: A creamy smooth mouthfeel of black fruit, chocolate, licorice with nice round tannins. Not over the top, drinking well, but a wine I believe will be even better in a few years.
Decant 1 hour(only some fine tannins). A pondering dark Ruby/red color. On the nose: smokey, sweet cherries, spice box, some cassis..all jumping out of the glass! Taste: ripe cherries/plum, raspberry, espresso, spice, cinnamon..tannins and alcohol nicely integrated...good long finish. Drinking well now, but could go another 10 years.
Decant 1 hour(only some fine tannins). A pondering dark Ruby/red color. On the nose: smokey, sweet cherries, spice box, some cassis..all jumping out of the glass! Taste: ripe cherries/plum, raspberry, espresso, spice, cinnamon..tannins and alcohol nicely integrated...good long finish. Drinking well now, but could go another 10 years.
Mar 23rd, 2019