A highly spiced and notably more elegant nose offers up aromas of essence of black pinot fruit

Concluding with a long

Alessandro Mori has also expertly managed the tannins

Larner vineyard (Ballard Canyon) and Watch Hill vineyard (Alisos Canyon)

Flavors of black fruits and licorice

Rudd, Oakville Estate Red other_regions A highly spiced and notablyA 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,