Rudd, Oakville Estate Red other_regions_italy fat and stuffed with fruit

fat and stuffed with fruit

My only complaint was the level of oak found in the wine

unlike other wines from the Champagne 2008 vintage

ripe and almost dense

the tannins are a bit rustic

Rudd, Oakville Estate Red other_regions_italy fat and stuffed with fruitA 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,