Rudd, Oakville Samantha's Cabernet Sauvignon other_regions_australia (from 45+ year old vines)

(from 45+ year old vines)

The 2017 vintage has been responsible for a wide variation in quality in Cabernet Sauvignons across the region

it is slightly more linear than Roc Solare

concentrated and more powerful flavors that flash a subtle minerality on the driving

the 165ème isn't as powerful or fleshy as the 167ème Édition

Rudd, Oakville Samantha's Cabernet Sauvignon other_regions_australia (from 45+ year old vines)The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Samantha's shows a deeper, inkier expression of Oakville Cabernet. Inky blue and black fruit, smoke, licorice, tobacco and graphite meld together as the 2012 opens up in the glass. Mocha, plums and incense add nuance. Many of the lots are fermented in barrel, which gives the finished wine much of its signature intensity and tannin profile. Ideally, readers should give the 2012 another few years to soften, as the tannins are