The 2017 Rudd Crossroads Cabernet Sauvignon is driven by ripe black and red fruits, and a dense tannin profile. Aromatically decadent with red currants, violets, and black licorice, this vintage continues to show off what a great vineyard site can bring in a trying vintage. Four a youthful Cabernet, the structured tannin profile is well integrated and balanced by a purity of the brambleberry and plum on the palate. The wine's intensity and strength grow as the wine develops in the glass always bringing the taster back to the red, rocky soil where the vines grow.