Rudd Oakville Estate Red, California, USA 2011 Vespaiolo Ripe and intense

Ripe and intense

This is the so-called base Barolo

fine and sweet tannins with a long and lasting finish

98 Pts James Suckling

This is a precise fine-boned rendition of Chapelle-Chambertin

Rudd Oakville Estate Red, California, USA 2011 Vespaiolo Ripe and intenseAlthough an infant, the 2011 Proprietary Red Rudd Estate has many of the same qualities of the 2010. Grilled herbs, blackberries and tar are some of the notes that take shape in the glass. The tannins are those of the vintage, as is the wine's mid weight personality, but at the end of the day, this is a great site and the resulting wine is striking in its beauty. Exactly how striking exactly it will be should be much clearer in another year or two. 94