Rudd, Oakville Samantha's Cabernet Sauvignon other_regions_italy Rugiens-Hauts villages and La Vache)

Rugiens-Hauts villages and La Vache)

this is terrific

the 2015 is very pretty

weight and power on the intense

I'd love to have a time machine and taste this wine in 20 years' time

Rudd, Oakville Samantha's Cabernet Sauvignon other_regions_italy Rugiens-Hauts villages and La Vache)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