Winery - Silver Oak
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
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.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
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.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
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 enjoy this complex, tannic wine at its best.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
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.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
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.
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March 30, 2009
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March 19, 2009
Phenomenal wine. Split a magnum at Bix. Rich and fruity, full of flavors. Doesn't get much better as far as I'm concerned.
Tags:magnum, fruity, rich, full
Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon - 2001
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