SILVER OAK
2019 CABERNET SAUVIGNON
ALEXANDER VALLEY
Our panel tastes Silver Oak each year, and they’ve been a model of consistency in their ‘house style’ for decades; however, our tasting panel found their 2019 Alexander Valley is their best yet. Internally, Silver Oak refers to their best years as “Collector’s Vintages,” this is one of three vintages they’ve designated in the last decade.
In recent years, they’ve purchased the cooperage that makes their barrels, so they have complete control of the process, resulting in a much more balanced oak profile.
Silver Oak’s founders envisioned creating world-class Cabernet Sauvignon, aged exclusively in American oak, that could be cellared and enjoyed for decades. Founded in a dairy barn in 1972, Silver Oak has maintained a seductive house style from oak from their cooperage in Missouri and has become one of California’s leaders in sustainability.
The driving philosophy behind Silver Oak wines is that they have yet to make their best wine, and the vineyard team uses precision viticulture to evaluate each vineyard block and make informed farming decisions on a block-by-block basis. The Alexander Valley Estate sits upon the benchland of the Mayacamas mountains, rich in mineral soils with excellent drainage key for Cabernet Sauvignon, which develops savory-like characteristics.
Until 2011 and a 40-year tradition, Silver Oak Alexander Valley was 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, but blending experiments have since proven to enhance the wine, with the 2019 vintage seeing 95.2% Cabernet Sauvignon with Cabernet Franc, Merlot, and Petit Verdot, aged in an even 50-50 split of new and used oak barrels for complete integration.
SILVER OAK
2019 CABERNET SAUVIGNON
ALEXANDER VALLEY
$99.99
Winery Notes: “The 2019 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon has notes of red cherry, raspberry, blackberry, iris, vanilla, and clove. Ruby in color, this elegant wine has great acidity and lift on the mid-palate. Black currant and warm baking spices linger with a deep and fruity finish. It will provide drinking pleasure through 2047 given proper cellaring.”
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Winery Notes: “The 2018 Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is ruby in color with notes of strawberry, fresh carnation, black pepper and vanilla. is wine builds in strength and body across the mid-palate with a blackberry character on the finish and bright cherry return.With integrated tannins, it’s expressive yet luxurious with an even, balanced finish. Given proper cellaring conditions, this wine will continue to improve through 2043.”
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