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| Community Tasting Notes (average 95.2 pts. and median of 95 pts. in 123 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Ex-Ray on 2/9/2024 & rated 96 points: Brick-ruby color, amber edges, showing its almost 19 year age. Moderately viscous and quite translucent. Pronounced aroma of almost pure cassis, with some plums but no herbal or barnyard components. On the palate surprisingly soft and round, medium body, cassis flavors, elegant. I expected a bigger, much more concentrated flavor. There is no tannin left. The aftertaste is medium length. Overall excellent, but a bit of a disappointment from what I expected. I will try one of the two remaining bottles to see if it is the same. If so, it's time to drink up. It will also be interesting to try 2005 The Ark for comparison.
Addendum: 6 hours after opening it opened up considerably. The aroma developed some French oak and the wine was fuller bodied, with a longer aftertaste. The following evening it was definitely darker, which may have been from some sediment. Aroma and flavor were more pronounced cassis and plum, with more prominent tannins. French oak was now more evident. The aftertaste was much longer and a bit hot.
This was an excellent example of a wine changing over 24 hours, becoming darker and richer. For our next bottle I will open and decant it the morning of our dinner. My score increased from 91 last night to 96 tonight.
Ric (497 views) | | | Tasted by Hppr Cellar on 11/18/2023 & rated 95 points: Solid wine. 2 hr decant. Napa lovers will probably rate this low 90s. Bordeaux lovers may rate i high 90s. It compares very well to a 2005 Margaux for example. For me it was an easy 98 but I took the average of the group. :) (679 views) | | | Tasted by soyhead on 7/7/2023: impressively floral nose. quite perfumed. a bit of heat in the mouth, and perhaps unsettled. young at age 18? (1003 views) | | | Tasted by TexasBob on 3/24/2023 & rated 97 points: Dark ruby-garnet with crimson under the light. Intense red cherries with ripe purple plums dominate the nose with ripe wild strawberries framing it. Intensely powerful wine that is drinking incredibly young. Intense black currant, black raspberry, plum skin, wild strawberries, distant barnyard, and a touch of sweetened tar. This is the Platonic form of California Cabernet. (1063 views) | | | Tasted by bradfgross@gmail.com on 12/30/2022 & rated 94 points: Had this in my cellar for a decade and opened, along with a 2009 Shafer Hillside Select at Hawksmoor NYC with good friends. Was much less of the extracted fruit bomb of its youth and displayed mature, almost Bordeaux-like notes of earthy tobacco over its blackberry jam undertone. Improved some in the glass but seemed to be in a fully mature state. Overall liked the Hillside more, but still a very fine bottle. Dont think this gets better, so drink up! (1230 views) | | | Tasted by dkentaustin on 2/27/2022 & rated 93 points: Rich garnet red. Blueberry, blackberry, rich plum, ponzu, anise, wet white oak, perfume and rhubarb. Hedonistic on the palate without being overly saturated. Some eucalyptus with a presence of alcohol. Deep dark cherry on the finish. We’d recommend drinking now or over the next 5 years.
p.s. snake river steaks with roasted brocclini and cauliflower purée. (1745 views) | | | Tasted by dkentaustin on 1/16/2022 & rated 91 points: Black licorice, loads of dried fruits, sweet oak and vanilla extract. Good structure that mellows the intense initial sweet flavors, but if you have this wine left, drink it.
p.s. NY strip steaks and grilled onions, brocclini and mushrooms. (1596 views) | | | Tasted by nfafoglia on 2/20/2021 & rated 95 points: Beautiful floral nose with a tinge of sweet smoke, vanilla, butterscotch, and sweet red fruit. Like velvet on the palate. The tannins are very soft. Bitter-sweet black fruit with a long, finish of dried cranberries. Would love to taste this wine a couple if years. . . . (2303 views) | | | Tasted by punter on 4/18/2020 & rated 88 points: This bottle gave us an over the top, jammy fruit bomb nose from popping the cork throughout. Deep purple color with ripe, juicy red & black cherries, red fruits and plum that coated our palates. But the absence of tannins and acidic balance gave us only the faintest of structure, so this overly lush, sweet and flabby bottle wandered aimlessly. The intense sweetness made it a chore to swallow after the 3rd sip - we all abandoned our glasses. (2692 views) | | | Tasted by sdr on 12/17/2019 & rated 90 points: One of the better wines in the California Cult tasting, this 100 Acre shows a bit of mineral personality with the faintest whiff of earth. Still, a lot of sweet cherry fruit and ultimately boring to me but not to the others. (3010 views) | | | Tasted by Quiet Lion on 11/22/2019: Wine Advocate 1000-point dinner in NYC (Gabriel Kreuther): Not going to rate this because for whatever reason it was showing with a strong green pepper note that ruined it for me. I tasted two different bottles and while it was less pronounced in the second, it was still present. I'm particularly sensitive to this flavor as were some of the other tasters but others thought the wine was great. (3026 views) | | | Tasted by Jimaronson on 9/30/2019 & rated 97 points: Same note as before. Gets better in the glass over 3 to 4 hours. (2617 views) | | | Tasted by jonleerhp on 6/11/2019 & rated 96 points: Massive wine that honestly needed more time to decant. I gave it two hours but it wasn’t enough. Black color and still plenty of tannins but big and bold cab and there is no question about the quality here. (2294 views) | | | Tasted by Jimaronson on 4/11/2019 & rated 97 points: A pnp wine that intensified in the glass over a two hour period. Do not decant as you will loose the full beauty of the wine. The wine had a huge nose when the cork was pulled and you could smell its intensity across the table. Dark red ruby color with some slight bricking at the edges. The wine had a silky mouth feel. Fruit was fully integrated with a 30 second finish. There was no indication of alcohol and the tannins and fruit were balanced from beginning to end. The wine seemed to take on Pomerol characteristics as it matured in the glass. I believe this wine would have been even better after four hours in the glass, so take your time and enjoy the show. (2027 views) | | | Tasted by Mark1npt on 4/11/2019 & rated 95 points: Easy 95......beautiful red fruit, light, clean, fresh....layers to the fruit and perfectly balanced acidity. Thanks to Jim Aronson for the bottle over dinner. This was easily the WOTN at the table. Drinking exceptionally well right now. In that sweet spot that is great for the Cali fruit loving people and the start of the aging for the secondary BDX drinkers. Really nice wine. (2926 views) | | | Tasted by SommJourney05 on 8/29/2018 & rated 95 points: Wow, can’t believe this wine has 10+ years on it! Deep ruby with slight garnet at the rim. Big concentrated aromas of black cherry, cassis and licorice provide the initial aroma profile while cedar and tobacco reveal themselves as you dig deeper into the glass. Cocoa powder and mint complete this intense wine. Full-bodied and creamy on the palate with a fair amount of acidity left (I can only imagine how much acid and tannin this had on release) and tannins that still have some grip left. Long pleasing finish. This wine still has a lot of life left, however, what makes this wine great is the purity and concentration of fruit and that is peaking now. Excellent wine! (2448 views) | | | Tasted by walkerjfw on 7/23/2018 & rated 96 points: Zurich Supper Club Rides Again...in London (CVA, Andrew, Paolo...missing Benoit...) (67 Pall Mall - London, UK): One of my contributions for the evening, drank next to 2008 VHR as the California flight. Decanted and rebottled prior to coming to the restaurant, was open about 2 hours prior to drinking.
Youthful, bright ruby color. Rich nose showing dark berries, medicinal notes (in a good way...), expressive and primary. Palate was black cherry, blue fruits, some (brambly?) blackberry, cocoa powder, mineral notes. Still a concentrated and rich wine, showing secondary notes of blue fruits and oak through the mid palate. Full bodied, long finish.
Really great showing on this evening (maybe WOTN for one of our group). The RP 100 points on this wine had expectations high - it was good but I wouldn't score this bottle as perfect. Really well made - great now, likely has another 15+ years in it.... (2762 views) | | | Tasted by MC2 Wines on 5/4/2018: Hommage a DryCab - Washington Wines release; 5/3/2018-5/5/2018 (Various spots in Walla Walla): Amazing the way Jayson is able to make his wines so intense and approachable from the start (and yet they also age quite well). This was very well balanced. Lots of fig and plum and a bit spicy. Nice wine. (3682 views) | | | Tasted by bortender on 3/3/2018 & rated 98 points: Extremely long finish. Mouth coating. Cherry nose with some plum and blackberries on the tongue. (2560 views) | | | Tasted by JimN on 2/6/2018 & rated 94 points: 5 hours slow ox and then 2 hour decant. Absolutely in its drinking window, but plenty of life ahead. Tannins had noticeably softened from first opening. This had far more finesse than I remembered from a bottle I had four years ago. Beautiful fruit and a lush feel on the palate. Drink or hold. (3073 views) | | | Tasted by jonleerhp on 11/19/2017 & rated 96 points: Decanted for 1 hour and honestly needed longer. Really impressive wine but a bit hot and wound up at the finish. Again, my fault for not giving it a longer decant. The wine quality was superb with silky texture and fig and creme de cassis. I personally don’t think this warranted a RP 100 rating but it was really nice and what you would expect from Hundred Acre (2318 views) | | | Tasted by danielbleier on 10/1/2017 & rated 98 points: Feels ridiculous to keep giving 95+ rating to all the wines we had at the SATT dinner (with one minor exception), but the quality was just amazing. This wine was all smoke, grilled meat, dark berry and licorice. Amazing (2564 views) | | | Tasted by mflesh on 9/24/2017 & rated 93 points: Not sure I agree with 95 point ratings. I've had several bottles way cheaper than this that have had more complexity. Is this bottle in the "upper crust" of Napa? Yes, definitely. And, when you see Hundred Acre you definitely listen up. This wine is big, massive, bold, yet quite a bit one sided. The thing that makes me most impressed with this wine is the lack of age. It just doesn't seem like this wine is over 5 years old. Has the powerful fruit on the front, and this particular bottle even after 30 minutes was quite powerful on the finish. Still had some acidity, still had some tannin. QPR is atrocious. I ended up drinking the rest of the PNV Farella, 76 Chapellet, and the 2012 Jessup as these wines to me seemed to have a lot more going on. (2307 views) | | | Tasted by cebo2hot on 8/11/2017 & rated 93 points: big cali red, not sure if this is the specific bottle but close. Jim/Helon and Richie K&D wines (2271 views) | | | Tasted by Kemo Sabe on 4/22/2017 & rated 93 points: Texturally this wine is just really nice. So smooth and no rough edges at all. Decanted close to 2 hours which was perfect. Blue fruits, charcoal, dark berries. Very good balance. This was lovely and in a great spot right now. (2553 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, Vertical Tasting of Hundred Acre Kayli Morgan Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Jun 2016) (6/1/2016)
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Vinous, Vintage Retrospective: 2005 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon (May 2016) (5/1/2016)
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Vinous, May/June 2007, IWC Issue #132
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| Hundred Acre Vineyard Producer website2005 Hundred Acre Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Kayli MorganWinemaker: Jayson Woodbridge
Consulting Winemaker: Philippe MelkaCabernet SauvignonCabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every winegrowing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood.
Used as frequently in blends as in varietal wines, Cabernet Sauvignon has a large number of common blending partners. Apart from the obvious Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the most prevalent of these are Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenere (the ingredients of a classic Bordeaux Blend), Shiraz (in Australia's favorite blend) and in Spain and South America, a Cabernet – Tempranillo blend is now commonplace. Even the bold Tannat-based wines of Madiran are now generally softened with Cabernet SauvignonUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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