Hundred Acre Vineyard Ark Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
Made In: USA—California
Product Type: Red Wine
Bottle Size: 750mL
Alcohol/Vol: 16%
Sugar Content: 3G/L
Sweetness Descriptor: XD
VINTAGES#: 0456046
Program Type: Monthly Cellar Features
This 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from Jayson Woodbridge is dynamic, complex, and downright pleasure-packed and one of the stars of the show from his lineup of 2021 wines I tasted in September of 2024. It bursts out of the glass with pure ruby fruit, white truffle, white pepper, black cherry liqueur, and spiced plums layered with delicate cedarwood notes. Full-bodied with the purest of raspberry and blackberry fruit, the wine is framed by a foundation of ultrafine-grained tannins and profound depth on the mid-palate. Nuances of cigar box, saddle leather, and vanilla weave a lattice work around the fruit character, complemented by umami-rich saline minerals. Incredibly precise and pure, it's further enhanced by blood orange acidity and a zesty, smoky quality, finishing with a hint of salted pink Himalayan sea salt. Just 4.8 hectares of Cabernet Sauvignon vines are planted on this 18.21-hectare property, located on the steep southeast-facing slopes of Glass Mountain in St. Helena. It was purchased in 1999 and is also home to Woodbridge's underground Ring winery and caves. Drinking window: 2024-2045. Score - 100. (Jonathan Cristaldi, decanter.com, Sept. 18, 2024)
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