2005 Hundred Acre Cabernet Sauvignon The Ark Vineyard
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Medium garnet colored, the 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon Ark Vineyard gives up seductive notes of black olives, truffles, smoked meats and earth with a core of warm cassis, baked plums and blackberry compote plus wafts of mocha and tar. The palate is full-bodied, rich, concentrated and decadent with a firm frame of grainy tannins and a lively line, finishing long and layered.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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(bottled in January; 15.2% alcohol) Bright, full ruby. Enticing aromas of black raspberry, licorice and melted chocolate. Sweet, lush and superripe; in fact, this is downright massive, with an almost porty, lower-toned quality perked up by complex mineral and red licorice elements. Wonderfully fat, sweet wine with extravagant chocolate, mocha and nutty oak tones. Finishes with rich, broad tannins and a wave of chocolatey dark fruits. This is the first release from Jayson Woodbridge's home vineyard, which features nine separate blocks of vines and six clones, and which was picked in multiple passes and fermented in 500-liter puncheons.
Good ruby-red. Currant, raspberry, licorice, violet, mint and minerals on the nose. Dense and sexy on the palate, with the minerality leavening the wine's almost confectionery sweetness. This is impressively broad and deep for the first vintage from young vines around Jayson Woodbridge's house, on an amphitheater above the Chabot Vineyard. Tannins are buried in fruit.