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 | 96 (VN) |
Inc. GST
SG$2,916.25 |
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Vinous (96)The 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Deep Time is gorgeous. The personality of the vintage is very well suited to the extended time in barrel (40-50 months) Woodbridge gives this wine. All the elements are in the right place. Rich, dark and sumptuous, the 2007 is totally seamless on the palate, yet at the same time, there is more than enough support from the tannins. This is yet another compelling, totally beguiling wine from Jayson Woodbridge. |
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California | 1 | 100 (WA) |
Inc. GST
SG$3,395.85 |
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Wine Advocate (100)A profound wine from a superb Napa vintage for Bordeaux varietals, the 2007's nose may cause one to overdose on blue, black and red berry fruit. The extraordinary intensity, purity and depth in this rich, flamboyant, exuberant wine are mindboggling. This bigger-than-life Cabernet Sauvignon appears set for 20-30 years of aging. It can be drunk now, but because of its sweet, velvety tannins, it will still be offering sensational drinking in 2040. Hundred Acre Winery, P.O. Box 380, Rutherford, CA 94573; tel. (707) 967-9398 |
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California | 1 | 96 (VN) |
In Bond
SG$2,655.00 |
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Vinous (96)The 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Deep Time is gorgeous. The personality of the vintage is very well suited to the extended time in barrel (40-50 months) Woodbridge gives this wine. All the elements are in the right place. Rich, dark and sumptuous, the 2007 is totally seamless on the palate, yet at the same time, there is more than enough support from the tannins. This is yet another compelling, totally beguiling wine from Jayson Woodbridge. |
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California | 1 | 100 (WA) |
In Bond
SG$3,095.00 |
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Wine Advocate (100)A profound wine from a superb Napa vintage for Bordeaux varietals, the 2007's nose may cause one to overdose on blue, black and red berry fruit. The extraordinary intensity, purity and depth in this rich, flamboyant, exuberant wine are mindboggling. This bigger-than-life Cabernet Sauvignon appears set for 20-30 years of aging. It can be drunk now, but because of its sweet, velvety tannins, it will still be offering sensational drinking in 2040. Hundred Acre Winery, P.O. Box 380, Rutherford, CA 94573; tel. (707) 967-9398 |