Rudd, Oakville Samantha's Cabernet Sauvignon other_regions_australia lending length and boding well

lending length and boding well for short-term cellaring

An attractively layered nose offers up notes of violet

A markedly earthy nose features notes of very ripe dark currant

this is another infant at age 10

muscular wine like its white sibling

Rudd, Oakville Samantha's Cabernet Sauvignon other_regions_australia lending length and boding wellThe 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