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| Community Tasting Notes (average 96.8 pts. and median of 98 pts. in 103 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by mcwinecellar1 on 2/10/2024 & rated 93 points: Not for me. Great texture. Tremendous fruit. Not a lot of interest though. This is a unique wine for certain. (352 views) | | | Tasted by NY Wino on 1/6/2024 & rated 98 points: Double decanted and drank after 2 hours. Deep red color, huge nose of dark fruit, wood and some alcohol. The wine has tremendous fruit, good acidity, smooth tannins, oak and an amazing long finish. Drinking beautifully. (428 views) | | | Tasted by Mneumeier on 9/24/2023 & rated 95 points: Awesome. (670 views) | | | Tasted by havana4 🍾🍇 on 8/20/2023 & rated 100 points: @Liteitonfire Birthday dinner at Giussepe's in Scottsdale. Simply stunning! This is the very first 100pt score I have ever given. The balance is perfection. Secondary and tertiary even coming out at this stage. Smoke, tobacco, spice, a bit of mint and oodles of dark brooding fruits. The creamy tannins created such a luxurious mouthfeel. (764 views) | | | Tasted by felixman on 6/15/2023 & rated 97 points: Decanted and served. Wine has come together nicely and is well balanced. Fresh with beautiful fruit pop. On the palate, wine has the silky body and finish that I associate with Hundred Acre. In drinking window that will likely last 5-10 years. Easy to drink and went down quick. (808 views) | | | Tasted by wineholder on 4/8/2023 & rated 100 points: I have had this wine before and enjoyed but this tasting was out of this world! (860 views) | | | Tasted by peternelson on 2/8/2023 & rated 91 points: Chocolate nibs, cacao, bitter chocolate, slight raisiny, earthy. This was ok. Came in 7th by the group. DD Napa Cabs blind at Michaels (947 views) | | | Tasted by jcampano on 6/25/2022 & rated 99 points: Does a CS get any better than this one? Not according to my palate. Bold aromas of violets, blackberries, blueberry pie, licorice and crushed rocks. Well-balanced yet powerful flavors of black cherries and plum, some cassis, and spice. Others noted bluberries and dark chocolate. Silky tannins and a 30 to 45-second finish! (1600 views) | | | Tasted by John Riccitiello on 4/12/2022: Sotto (1283 views) | | | Tasted by Old Vino on 12/29/2021 & rated 94 points: delicious well made napa cab. nothing particularly unique for this bottle. for price it is a major pass. glad we bought this back in the days (1449 views) | | | Tasted by willfab60 on 12/26/2021 & rated 95 points: Awesome stage . Drink up . Blueberry, Blackberry ,fine tannins . Great ! (1300 views) | | | Tasted by RickyT12 on 12/25/2020 & rated 94 points: Opened for 3 hours
Milk chocolate, blueberry, a lot of chocolate, lots of blue fruit. Fruit abound. Round with silk tannins. Not as amazing as previously drunk bottles. A bit over hyped IMO. Still a great wine, just not worth the price tag. (2061 views) | | | Tasted by Jimaronson on 9/18/2020 & rated 95 points: Very smooth medium bodied wine. The fruit is a little on the thin side so you have to be patient. Lovely nose with the fruit exhibiting an unusually fresh scent. The palate is sophisticated with secondary characteristics. I find a combination of cherry candy, red raspberry, and blue fruits. At 15.5% alcohol one would think the wine might be hot, but the hundred acre Ark is smooth and resolved like a fine French pomerol. This is a wine that you do not want to rush. It is best to sip without dinner and ponder just on its own. (1914 views) | | | Tasted by CR lawrence on 6/29/2020 & rated 100 points: 13 years of bottle aging was totally worth having waited from my 1st tasting ~9 years ago. The 2007 Hundred Acre Ark is drinking incredibly well enough for me to give it One of my few best ratings. This wine is so smooth, supple tannins, a waft of very pleasant barnyard, very pleasant aromas to the nose, pleasing, but nothing heavy, which makes it hard to identify these great mouthwatering stirrings in the mouth. The grapes are so well integrated at this time, and not overpowering; the high alcohol content is not even perceptible. The bottle was finished last night, but the bottle aromas today are still incredible as I am now moving it to the trash. Looking forward to sharing with friends that truly appreciate great wine! (2044 views) | | | Tasted by DamionSBond on 6/20/2020: BM gift to Shoshana (1867 views) | | | Tasted by felixman on 7/26/2019 & rated 94 points: Definitely has resolved since my last bottle in 2015. Still young but beginning to enter the drinking window. Huge blue fruits on the nose and initial palate. Full body with great balance and long finish. Will likely warrant a higher rating with more age. (2732 views) | | | Tasted by Niagara on 5/1/2019 & rated 95 points: This one is just getting better with age. Drinking very well now and tastes like summertime in a bottle. (2342 views) | | | Tasted by bhrubin on 3/21/2019 & rated 98 points: Decanted 4+ hrs, and exploded even on first pour into decanter. On drinking with filet dinner, was stupendous balance, smooth and elegant, with great fruit intensity balanced by nice acidity and strong hints of spice and fragrant woods. Opulent without being overbearing, extremely flavorful without too much fruit. And perfectly paired to our beef filets. Probably could develop a bit more complexity in a few years, but is drinking beautifully and near perfect now. Yum. (2153 views) | | | Tasted by daved on 3/9/2019 & rated 95 points: Decanted 2 hours and drank over the next 2 hours. Continued to improve as time went on. Will wait another 2-3 years before trying the next one. (1881 views) | | | Tasted by jaxpaj on 1/28/2019 & rated 97 points: This is in a transition from "classic napa" to more of a grand cru in the tasting profile. When drinking next to '09 Scarecrow this had less fruit and more earth tones. No longer a huge, thick, and indulgent wine, it has evolved into a more refined and gentle wine.
I am much more in agreement with RickyT12 review from 8/26/17. (2442 views) | | | Tasted by Kemo Sabe on 1/3/2019 & rated 92 points: From mag. Decanted several hours - needed days. This wine needs a lot more time. Was a huge wine. Loads of dark fruits, wood, alcohol and very Cali in style. Would like to see some more nuance and complexity. Right now very primary. Seemingly a v long life ahead. Fun to drink. (1593 views) | | | Tasted by Immigrator on 12/4/2018 & rated 96 points: I'm torn. This is a decidedly special wine, but I'm not ready to bow down and proclaim it extraordinary, as it is merely very good to me.
The wine opened up over a five hour period, but the bottle is empty and I think it may have further improved if I'd saved some for tomorrow. Anyway, this properly stored wine at 10 years post-bottling is garnet colored with no sediment in the bottle and slow legs. It has aromas of fig, black currant, blackberry, vanilla, and black pepper. On the palate, it is BIG and a bit oaky, with firm tannins. It tastes of the same black currant, raisin, and red currant, but also a strong black pepper "heat" on the finish that makes me question the 15.5% ABV level. The body is medium/full with a smooth texture and long finish. (1444 views) | | | Tasted by ungerlei on 11/6/2018 & rated 98 points: Outstanding (1490 views) | | | Tasted by bortender on 10/29/2017 & rated 97 points: Decanted for 30 minutes which was not long enough. Really nice floral notes. It was excellent after another 30 minutes in the glass. Paired great with 120 dry aged New York steak. (3384 views) | | | Tasted by RickyT12 on 8/26/2017 & rated 98 points: Decanted.
Wow!
Big nose. Super well rounded.
Blueberry, green pepper, milk chocolate, prune, plum, a bit of iron or vegetable, iodine , cotton candy all nose.
Alcohol is very well integrated. In a great place right now. Blueberry, dried prune, well rounded, hints of coffee. Really great stuff. I am not sure more age can make it any better. Amazing wine, was missing some transitions to make it perfect, but about as good a cali Cab can get in my opinion. (3651 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Hundred Acre Vineyard Producer websiteCabernet 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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