Concluding with a long

red currant and spice scented nose

Flavors of black fruits and licorice

I’m less certain that this will come together though to be clear

Many of its peers show the inky and concentrated fruit of this hot and dry vintage

Rudd, Oakville Estate Red other_regions Concluding with a longA blend of 94% Cabernet Sauvignon and 6% Cabernet Franc, the 2018 Oakville Estate Proprietary Red Wine was aged for 22 months in French oak barrels, 55% new. Deep garnet purple colored, it sashays out of the glass with flamboyant scents of candied violets, red roses, black raspberries and fragrant earth over a core of cassis, wild blueberries and Morello cherries with a waft of pencil lead. Medium to full bodied, the palate is an exercise in poise,