Hundred Acre, Dark Ark Cabernet Sauvignon

Hundred Acre, Dark Ark Cabernet SauvignonThe dark expression of Ark Vineyard" continues with the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Dark Ark. Deep garnet black, the nose is profoundly earthy meaty, slowly revealing beguiling notes of damp soil, truffles and crushed rocks, before giving way to a core of crme de cassis, black cherry compote and fruitcake with wafts of beef drippings and wild fungi. Full bodied, rich and oh so earthy in the mouth, the palate delivers layers of black fruit preserves,

in fact it’s borderline massive and not surprisingly it’s going to need a very long time to arrive at its full potential

Dense and powerful in the glass

(from Les Vergennes and Rognets)

and word gets out

There is fine intensity to the well-detailed and impressively concentrated middle weight flavors that evidence plenty of stone influence on the attractively lingering and balanced finish where a hint of bitter lemon arises

Some pastry dough here

sea breeze and quinine along with a nuance of exotic fruit

whose absence from the U

This bottle was popped and poured

incense and potpourri

A moderately toasty nose combines notes of freshly picked red and dark cherries along with plenty of earth and humus characters

muscular fruit with a firm