2016 Hundred Acre Ark Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 750 ml

Hundred Acre is one of the few cult California wines that evokes such reverence that ratings and reviews are almost beside the point. 

This is the kind of Cabernet that makes a collection—one that will draw the gaze of anyone who walks past it in your cellar, and a gasp from whomever you choose to share it with (if anyone). Between the vintage, the pedigree, the quality and rarity, this bottle represents the pinnacle of wine, anywhere in the world.

Collectors wait for years to get on the Hundred Acre list, and we’re sure some of Wine Access’s most ardent Cabernet devotees are patiently waiting their turn. And because our VP of Wine Eduardo has had a ten-year friendship with Hundred Acre, we are able to offer a few cases to our most avid collectors. 

Winemaker Jayson Woodbridge has elevated Hundred Acre to a level of quality and demand that many winemakers spend a lifetime trying to attain, and he has done it relatively quickly: He scored a 97-point wine in his very first vintage, 100 points in just his third vintage, and has averaged more than one perfect wine per year since then—a total of 22 (and that’s just from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate!). It’s been an astonishing rise for a vintner whose interest in anything less than perfection is nil.

Ark Vineyard is a 15 acre plot located on Howell Mountain. The mountain flavors abound with the trademark creamy texture and soft tannins of Hundred Acre is known for.  There are  pronounced sage and herbs notes with wild blackberries. It is the ideal wine for an autumn feast of roast lamb and root vegetables. And the best part is you can indulge in all its beauty this fall! This is not the kind of Howell Mountain wine that needs years in the cellar to tame.