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Jeb Dunnuck
Robert Parker Wine Advocate
2019 Hundred Acre 'Wraith' Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, USA
WINEMAKERS NOTES
WRAITH is a trinity of Hundred Acre’s three single vineyard wines. It is a selection of barrels set aside in the cellar from those waiting to be blended someday into the single vineyard wines from Kayli Morgan, ARK or Few and Far Between. All very different and incredibly unique. The WRAITH shows all the beauty and personality of each individual vineyard and how they come together to develop even greater complexity. —JAYSON WOODBRIDGE, WINEMAKER
VINEYARD NOTES
WRAITH is all about the chance to experience the three incredible creatures (the Hundred Acre single vineyards) working together in symphony and perfect harmony to tell you about the vintage in all of its glory. In all of our vineyards, we pick only when the fruit is perfectly ripe; this doesn’t always happen at once. It is common for us to make multiple passes through the vineyard, picking different clusters from the same vines as they reach perfect maturity. This attention to detail is critical to making a wine the caliber of Hundred Acre.
TASTING NOTES
Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2019 WRAITH is so floral, with scents of roses and violets over a core of black and red currant jelly, Morello cherries, and wild blueberries plus hints of cardamom, cumin seed, and forest floor. The full-bodied palate is rich and super-concentrated yet bright, elegant, and mineral-sparked, finishing long.
COOPERAGE
Aged for 40 months in the nest French oak barrique. e stave wood is hand-selected forultra-tight grain, then air dried for three years before being made into barrels.
APPELATION
Napa Valley