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Silver Oak 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon (Alexander Valley)
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- $70
Not clear if this is a long-term ager, but you definitely want to give it a good decanting of at least four hours. You should even pour the glasses and let them to stand for an hour. The interaction with oxygen will open the wine up and allow it to express its herbal, soft deliciousness. Airing also emphasizes the cherry and red currant fruit, letting the palate…
— S.H.
(12/31/2010)
Silver Oak 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- Cellar Selection
- $100
A good wine, with jammy Cabernet flavors of blackberries, cassis and savory spices. It’s fairly low in alcohol, with a brisk, clean scour, but tannic and astringent. Feels immature even at the age of nearly five years, but it should develop. Give it another six years.
— S.H.
(7/1/2011)
Silver Oak 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $100
This medium-bodied Cab might almost come from Alexander Valley, for all its herb-tinged berry-cherry flavors and soft tannins. It’s a polished, elegant wine, not particularly concentrated, but with a lovely sheen and a complex finish.
— S.H.
(6/1/2009)
Silver Oak 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $100
Lots of nice blackberry, cassis, plum and new oak flavors in this dry, tannic Cabernet. It hews to an old-fashioned style, with an earthiness that suggests time in the cellar. Try after 2014.
— S.H.
(5/1/2012)
Silver Oak 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon (Alexander Valley)
- $70
An elegant Silver Oak from this very fine vintage. It’s soft and herbal, in the way of Alexander Valley Cabernets, with tobacco, blackberry and subtle oak flavors. Drinking well now, and should age for a very long time.
— S.H.
(12/1/2011)
Silver Oak 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $100
Feels old-fashioned in the dry, rugged tannins and herb-infused blackberry and currant flavors. Good, but curiously one-dimensional, which leads to the question of ageability. Hard to tell. Try after 2012.
— S.H.
(6/1/2010)
Silver Oak 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon (Alexander Valley)
- $70
Bone dry, this wine shows the soft, dusty tannins and herbal flavors that classically mark Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. It has an elegant structure housing flavors of blackberries, currants, sage, tobacco and cedar, and should develop in the bottle over the next 6–8 years.
— S.H.
(12/31/2009)
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