Hundred Acre, Dark Ark Cabernet Sauvignon other_regions_australia redcurrants and blackberry compote with

redcurrants and blackberry compote with touches of licorice

after which they are aged in oak barrels for as many as a dozen years prior to being bottled

reflecting a warm and ripe place

sweet and also unusually supple for a young Barolo

dry and mildly austere if slightly warmer finish

Hundred Acre, Dark Ark Cabernet Sauvignon other_regions_australia redcurrants and blackberry compote withThe 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,