Hundred Acre
About Hundred Acre
The founder of Hundred Acre, Jayson Woodbridge, is something of an enigma to the world of fine wine. Despite his outspoken and sometimes contrarian nature, he almost never meets directly with any members of the wine media.
Woodbridge considers Hundred Acre to be something of a personal quest - printed on each label of his wine is the opening verse of Homer's Odyssey. This maverick winemaker altered careers fairly suddenly and drastically in the late 1990s, switching mergers and acquisitions for soil typography and harvest dates! Success as an Investment Banker has afforded Hundred Acre with an uncommon advantage over many wine producers - a healthy level of capital.
No expense is spared in crafting any of the cuvées offered by this magical estate. In fact, Woodbridge is known to take multiple decisions which fly in the face of both the prevailing wisdom and fiscal prudency in a single vintage.
His appetite for risk has been richly rewarded in the form of some 24 100pt scores across a mere 20 vintages. Lisa Perrotti-Brown (Wine Advocate) has described this producer as "thinking on another plane of existence", and it is hard to recall another estate anywhere in the world that has been this consistently excellent over the past decade or two.
"The wine quality continues to be among the most singular and profound in all of Napa Valley"
Robert Parker
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California | 1 | 100 (WA) | HK$18,010.00 | |||||
Wine Advocate (100)Sporting an opaque garnet-purple color, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Kayli Morgan Vineyard needs a fair bit of coaxing to unlock fabulously evocative notions of pure cassis, ripe, juicy black plums and wild blueberries, plus suggestions of candied violets, cinnamon stick and fenugreek, with a touch of fallen leaves. The medium to full-bodied palate is packed with poise and sophistication, shimmering with energetic black and blue fruit layers and a perfectly plush texture, finishing with a dazzling display of minerals and floral fireworks. A hands-down, jaw-dropping beauty! |
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California | 2 | 99+ (WA) | HK$13,000.00 | |||||
Wine Advocate (99+)Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Ark Vineyard delivers powerful scents of blackberry preserves, chocolate-covered cherries and stewed plums, giving way to red and black currant jelly, beef drippings and wild fungi. Full-bodied, tightly wound and shimmering with tension in the mouth, it has a solid frame of firm, grainy tannins supporting the reticent fruit, finishing savory and with lots of latent energy. All the signs say that this baby is holding back right now and has more to give with considerable cellaring. Tuck it away for at least 5-6 years and then enjoy it over the next 40 years+. |
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California | 1 | 100 (WA) | HK$21,740.00 | |||||
Wine Advocate (100)Deep garnet-purple, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Wraith drifts effortlessly out of the glass with compelling scents of Morello cherries, boysenberry preserves and blackcurrant pastilles, plus hints of unsmoked cigars, wild sage, underbrush and pencil shavings. The taut, tightly packed, muscular, full-bodied palate quakes with energy, supported by beautifully ripe, grainy tannins, finishing incredibly long and provocatively perfumed. So lively and layered, this Wraith perfectly captures the captivating vibrancy of this great, great vintage! |
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