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Oakville
§ Oakville· Napa ValleyAppointment Required
Rudd Estate.
Leslie Rudd is a serial entrepreneur—he built the Dean & DeLuca high-end food empire, then created his eponymous winery in the prime real estate of Oakville. Rudd Estate is one of
Cabernet SauvignonCabernet FrancLoam★ Dimple pickAppointment Required
Biodynamic★ 4.8
Passport · Winery No. 098Oakville
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Why it tastes like that.
§ TERROIR · SECTION 01§ The dirt
Loam
Leslie Rudd is a serial entrepreneur—he built the Dean & DeLuca high-end food empire, then created his eponymous winery in the prime real estate of Oakville. Rudd Estate is one of Napa Valley's earliest top-tier wineries to embrace biodynamic practices, planting by the full moon and crafting wines according to lunar cy…
Soil
Loam
Elevation
137ft
Aspect
Bench
Farming
Biodynamic
Winemaking
french-oak · biodynamic
What to pour.
§ WINES · SECTION 02§ Signature grapes
Cabernet Sauvignon
赤霞珠
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Cabernet Franc
品丽珠
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Merlot
梅洛
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Petit Verdot
小维多
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§ Flavor fingerprint
The room you'll walk into
Weighted toward dark fruit + tannin. Fingerprint is inferred from the terroir + tasting history — not a critic score.
The people behind it.
§ PEOPLE · SECTION 03§ After here, try…
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Dimple · whisper
Skip the welcome pour.
Ask for the signature wine first while your palate is fresh — it'll read cleaner than any welcome pour.