Rudd, Oakville Estate Red Vintage:2014 as I tasted all of

as I tasted all of the estate’s 1989s

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This is at once notably ripe but attractively fresh with its combination of densely fruited red currant

Rudd, Oakville Estate Red Vintage:2014 as I tasted all ofA 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,