Best from 2021 through 2036
the composition has changed and includes the six grands crus and the premiers crus of Gaudichots
it’s a very attractive wine for drinking over the next decade
Patience will be required
but there's a clay lens running through the McCrone Vineyard
Rudd, Oakville Estate Red Vintage:2007 Best from 2021 through 2036A 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,