Fortunate Son The Dreamer Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2018

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. Parker has bequeathed a bevy of 100-point scores to his wines, making for a waitlist of over five years to acquire them from the winery. Hundred Acre has received over TWENTY 100-point scores from Parker and the Wine Advocate! With the launch of Fortunate Son Wines, Jayson is looking to add another "championship belt" to his collection; and we at ACME are sitting ringside, ready to cheer on his new knock-out lineup.

For those of you that follow Jayson and all his winemaking endeavors, the Fortunate Son name may ring a bell. From 2006 to 2012, Jayson made wine under this label alongside two friends, William Kimble & Chris Radomski. The 2018 revival of Fortunate Sons is solely Jayson's project with the new philosophy to showcase the best of Napa's small, family-owned vineyards. Fortunate Sons re-debuted with three wines, The Dreamer (featured here), The Warrior, and The Diplomat, from Jayson's self-proclaimed happiest vintage of 2018. All unique and inspiring in their ways, the collection will eventually grow to include seven wines in subsequent vintages. Ever the visionary, Jayson scribes a quote on each wine that he believes speaks to the essence of the bottles' contents and changes with each vintage as the wines evolve.

Vineyard sourcing is a highly kept secret for Jayson. He recognizes that the exceptional care and attention these family-owned vineyards take is a staple ingredient in his sought-after recipe for making extraordinary wine. His mastery shines in the blending process for the 2018 Fortunate Son “The Dreamer”. Fruit from the individual vineyards is vinified separately in small amounts and meticulously blended to craft a wine that gracefully teeters between dynamism and finesse. The 100% Cabernet Sauvignon fermented in new French oak barrels hand-selected by Jayson and spent an additional 24-30 months aging in the new French oak. This is a wine of power with structured tannins and an intense complexity from the first sip—full and ripe red fruits with subtleties of baking spice, cedar, and violets. There is a freshness to this wine that is surprising for a 100% Cabernet but no shock coming from the esteemed winemaking of Mr. Woodbridge. We are all "fortunate" sons and daughters to experience the outstanding debut of the 2018 Fortunate Son’s “The Dreamer”.