Rudd Crossroads Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Napa Valley 2019 (750ml)

A true reflection of the people, place and values at Rudd Estate, this Estate Grown Oakville, Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is farmed sustainably by our in-house vineyard team with a meticulous attention to detail.

 

Rated 93 Points by Wine Spectator

 

A solid, direct style, with red and black currant preserves that meld steadily into a backdrop of singed vanilla, cedar and warm earth.  Features flashes of humus and menthol, too, which provide range.  Drink now through 2032.

 

Rudd Crossroads Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Napa Valley 2019

 

Estate grown and organically farmed in the heart of Napa Valley’s most notable appellations.

 

Appellation:  Oakville

 

Farming:  100% Estate fruit, organically grown

 

Harvest Dates:  Starting September 25th, lasting 24 days, 24 separate picks

 

Aging:  54% Neutral French Oak, 46% New French Oak

 

Tasting Notes

 

The 2019 Crossroads Cabernet Sauvignon is energetic, lively, and bursting to show you everything it has to offer.  This vintage expression of Cabernet Sauvignon fills your nose with black cherries, dark cocoa nib, and a hint of baked sweetness.  These familiar aromas from the Oakville Estate are also found on the first sip, with a pop of ripe plum and savory cooking herbs that are reminiscent of the fresh outdoors on a trek through the Tahoe mountains.  That combination of luscious fruit and fresh herbs is completed by the plush, velvety tannins on the finish.  With every sip, the 2019 Crossroads Cabernet Sauvignon shows how a well-crafted companion wine should taste — balanced, structured, and unbelievably delicious.

 

Winemaker Notes

 

Grown in the heart of Oakville from 20-year-old vines, the structure and tannins of this Cabernet Sauvignon are synonymous with vineyards in Eastern Oakville.  The complex fruit profiles available in the vineyard along with diverse sun exposure allows the vineyard team to pick lots to specifically make this style of wine.  A true expression of the terroir, the red fruit, dried herbs, and rosemary characteristics take the forefront, making this a beautiful wine upon release.

 

Organically & Biodynamically Farmed

 

We believe the most important decisions made each year start in the vineyards.  With that in mind, our Oakville and Mt. Veeder Estates are farmed organically and biodynamically with the long-term outlook on sustainability and stewardship of our land.

 

Our wines are a true reflection of the place, people, and practices of Rudd Estate - the same attention to detail goes into each bottle of Crossroads wines. 

 

The 2019 Growing Season

 

After a perfect 2018 growing season, we did not know what to expect from Mother Nature in 2019, but she did not disappoint!  The beginning of the 2019 growing season had plenty of rainfall, followed by a long, warm summer that offered few extreme heat events and ample foggy mornings.  The long, relatively mild finish to the season helped preserve freshness and finesse in the fruit.  The Cabernet Sauvignon harvest started at the Oakville Estate on September 25th with our last picks coming in mid-October.  This gradual growing season allowed for abundant hang time providing us with great color, structure, and plush tannins.

 

 

Rudd Estate

 

Oakville, California

 

A true generational estate

 

Samantha Rudd has spent most of her life at Rudd Estate and has always felt a deep connection to the land here.  With over 62 acres of planted vines in the premier Oakville and Mt. Veeder appellations, Samantha is embracing the entire Estate by reintroducing the Crossroads label to craft wines that reflect the unique geological properties and winemaking techniques available to her winegrowing team. 

 

Committed to the land

 

As stewards of exceptional land, Rudd Estate seeks to craft wines that reflect the ultimate expression of our world-class terroir – respecting traditions of the past, challenging the present, and imagining future possibilities.  We dare to think differently.  Our team members work together in the relentless and uncompromising pursuit of a shared singular goal: to achieve the absolute pinnacle of our land’s potential.

 

It is our intention that Rudd Estate embodies a sense of timelessness, passing down expertise and commitment to our vision through generations, with each generation earning the right to steward the land and accept the responsibility to do better than the preceding one.

 

All in the Family

 

At Rudd Estate, we farm our land organically and biodynamically with an in-house farming team for two primary reasons.  First, to ensure the health of our land will be here for the next generation.  Second, to obtain the best possible expression of our terroir.  Our in-house farming team is dedicated to the year-round care of the vineyards from pruning through harvest – their meticulous attention to detail plays an essential role in realizing the potential of our land. 

 

Crafting wines that reflect

 

the unique geological properties of our land

 

With over 62 acres of planted vines in the premier Oakville and Mt. Veeder appellations, Samantha Rudd is embracing the entire Estate by reintroducing the Crossroads label to craft wines that reflect the unique geological properties and winemaking techniques available to her winegrowing team. 

 

 

Rated 93 Points by Wine Spectator

 

A solid, direct style, with red and black currant preserves that meld steadily into a backdrop of singed vanilla, cedar and warm earth.  Features flashes of humus and menthol, too, which provide range.  Drink now through 2032.