Acre Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
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This 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon typifies the grace, complexity and power that is the Napa Valley. Dark plum in color with an exotic blend of black cherry, cassis, and blackberry with earth and leather notes and spice box aromatics. Rich and smooth on the palate with flavors that complement the aromas with hints of classic cherry vanilla, cedar, black tea, and pencil lead. This full-bodied wine exemplifies the positive impact of tannin maturation due to extended barrel aging. The finish is silky and supple with an elegance indicative of its organically grown origins within the Yountville appellation of the Napa Valley. Refined and accessible now with outstanding cellar potential through 2050.
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James Suckling
A melange of red and black currants here with sweet oak spices, red capsicum and dark olives. Fruity and sappy on the medium-bodied palate, rounded by very silky tannins. Deliberately polished and juicy with quite a long finish.
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Jeb Dunnuck
The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon is terrific and represents a solid value. Pure cassis and ripe blue fruits as well as tobacco, violets, and lead pencil notes all define the nose, and it's medium-bodied, with a focused, pure, classic mouthfeel, ripe tannins, and outstanding length.
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Dave’s one acre “Home” vineyard soon led to production from two more similar sized plantings. The first was his next door neighbor Ann Kraemer’s head trained, Zinfandel vineyard. Ann planted her vineyard about the same time as Dave’s home vineyard with three clones of Zinfandel made famous by Ridge Vineyards. Dave also credits Ann Kraemer, a noted viticulturist and owner of the Rhone varietal focused Shake Ridge Ranch in Amador County, with contributing much to his viticulture education. Finally, in 2011 Dave planted identical Bordeaux clones from his home vineyard to a one acre site in Yountville just north of Stags Leap, allowing an interesting vineyard comparison with identical varietal, clones, spacing and orientation and location the only variable.
Since the “One Acre” 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon bested 500 entries to win top honors in a prestigious international competition in Hong Kong the very limited production “One Acre” wines have been eagerly sought out by knowledgeable wine drinkers. Now in partnership with friend and 30 year wine industry veteran Bob Babbe, the “One Acre” experience is available to a much wider audience with the introduction of ACRE wines.
ACRE wines are produced from exclusively from family owned organically grown vineyards in the stellar AVA’s of Oakville and Yountville. ACRE wines are handcrafted in manner that has characterized One Acre wines from the outset. The ACRE vineyard sites are rich in historical significance being situated on the land where in 1839 George Yount planted the first wine grapes in the Napa Valley.
ACRE growers played a vital role the care and nurturing of the Napa Valley’s agricultural land by taking a leading role in support of the landmark Napa Valley Ag preserve legislation back in 1968. Without this hard fought and far sighted commitment to long term agricultural land use, the incredible viticulture resource of the Napa Valley might have been reduced to just another stretch of urban sprawl.
All ACRE vineyards have been farmed organically for over 20 years, well before it was fashionable, demonstrating enhanced wine quality on top of the ecological benefits.
Dave Becker and Bob Babbe express their mission for ACRE this way, “Blessed with such special vineyards our goal as vintners is to capture the character of the varietal, the place, the soil, the season and express these in every glass of One Acre and ACRE wine”. This effort and reward is encompassed as “Dusty Boots… Stained Hands…Classic Wines”