Double 97 Points
"The smooth precision of a Rolls-Royce, every cylinder firing in harmony." - Decanter
Jayson Woodbridge, owner/winemaker of Hundred Acre & Fortunate Son, is a renegade vintner. Robert Parker describes Jayson as "one of the wine world's most compelling, outspoken, irreverent, bigger-than-life personalities, who can get away with just about anything he wants to say or do simply because year after year he proves what great wine is all about." Since his first vintage in 2000, he has consistently produced the most opulent, luxurious, critically revered, and sought-after wines in the Napa Valley. Hundred Acre has received over TWENTY 100-Point scores from Parker and The Wine Advocate! With the relaunch of Fortunate Son Wines, Jayson is looking to cement his reputation as Napa`s 'enfant terrible,' wielding other-worldly winemaking skills, backed up by a heavy case of the Midas touch. The stunning 2022 Fortunate Son 'The Diplomat' is forged with beautiful, secret varietal fruit, meticulously blended to craft a beast which adroitly walks the tightrope between sophistication and explosiveness. In its reincarnation, this monster is proving to be one of the most important newly reinvented labels in decades. Taste it and you're in....all the way in.
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2022 Hundred Acre Fortunate Son
The Diplomat Red Blend 750ml
Graileys Price - $169.99 per bottle
97 Points James Suckling - "Dark berry aromas with some graphite and stone. Medium-bodied with very fine tannins that are creamy and polished. Succulent and very long. Juicy finish. Lovely tension and drinkability already. Blend of cabernet sauvignon and merlot, aged 35 months in barrels. Drink or hold."
97 Points Decanter - "Inspired by Winston Churchill, this wine embodies the purity and poise of fine Claret - a quality Jayson Woodbridge believes could stand shoulder to shoulder with France’s greatest vintages. The 2022 is bright, lifted, and subtly powerful, pure-fruited and elegant, yet unmistakably Californian in its confidence and polish. “It’s as good as the British Empire would have been had they loved Claret like this,” muses Woodbridge during our tasting. Red currant and cherry fruit lead the way, accented by perfumed rose petals. The wine glides across the palate with the smooth precision of a Rolls-Royce, every cylinder firing in harmony. The finish is long and refined, with fine cocoa-powder tannins that build around deep, succulent fruit, carrying tremendous intensity and staying power."