Shocking. Deep garnet. Savory aromas like blueberry pie, baked plums, grilled meat, soil and roasted lamb. Full-bodied with black fruit aromas, firm and smooth tannins that linger on a long, fresh finish. All Hundred Acres wines are hand-selected one by one, fermented in small French containers, and aged for a long time in the finest barrels. Hundred Acres wines are made with attention to detail and without compromise. It is no exaggeration to say that 2019 is the best vintage ever. It is shockingly wonderful. Due to the wildfires that hit Napa Valley, there was no production of the 2020 vintage, so it can be said that the 2019 vintage helped us. Ark's vineyards are located at the foot of Howell Mountain, a little outside the town of St. Helena. There are records of grapes planted here since the 1880s, but Prohibition destroyed everything. Jason bought the property and spent five years restoring the vineyard. This vineyard is the pride of Hundred Acres and Jason's greatest joy. Nine Arc plots, made up of different volcanic soils, are planted with Cabernet Sauvignon vines spaced one meter apart. The soil was formed 60 million years ago, and it was once a beachfront facing the sea, and it is said that prehistoric humans used this soil to make arrowheads. The vineyard is about 800 meters wide from east to west, and has good sunlight conditions. Glass Mountain on the west side of the vineyard protects the grapes from the hot western sun that would burn the aromas. The wine is aged for a minimum of 30 months in carefully selected, top-quality French oak barriques. The barrel sides are selected with an emphasis on fine grain and are naturally dried for three years.
We only use grapes that have been fermented. Hundred Acres is a boutique winery in Napa Valley founded in 1998 (at the age of 36) by Jason Woodbridge, who made a fortune at a young age during his time as an investment banker. Jason has established a "0 or 100" policy, strongly believes that "if it is not of the highest quality, there is no point in doing it," and produces "perfect" Cabernet Sauvignon without any compromise. Hundred Acres is not a wine made by striving for "perfection," but an ultra-premium wine brewed with the utmost care, with "perfection" as the basic premise. The grapes that grow in each field are harvested by hand in multiple batches according to the progress of aging. After harvest, the grapes are thoroughly selected by hand, fermented, pressed, and aged separately for each harvest time, plot, and field. The French oak used at Hundred Acres is only fine-grained wood from specific forests, and only high-spec barrels are used, which are naturally dried for at least three years and then toasted. All wines are aged for at least 30 months, and only those that Jason deems perfect are bottled and released. Of course, wines that are not "perfect" are not released in the first place.