Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1996
After an intense workday, for our son Alec's birthday, we chose to celebrate with a grilled steak dinner and a favorite wine - Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon.
We hold several bottles of Silver Oak from Alec's birth year including two 6 liter bottles of the special Bonny's Vineyard select, that we're holding for a special occasion (shown right).
While we didn't open a bottle from his birth year, we did open a twenty year old from 1996, one of the fourteen vintages of this wine label that we hold in our cellar, as that was one vintage for which I do not have published tasting notes. This does not count the many vintages of the Napa Valley and several vintages of the Bonny's Vineyard labels that we also hold.
Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1996
Dark blackish garnet colored, medium bodied, bright black cherry fruits predominate. At twenty years of age, this wine is starting to show its age a bit as the black cherry and black berry fruits, while predominant, are starting to give way to tones of tobacco leaf, hints of tea and dusty earth, yet, still accented by that legendary sweet oak flavor that is emblematic of the Silver Oak brand.
RM 89 points.
https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=2784
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| Six liter Imperial 1990 Bonny's Vineyard Silver Oak |
We hold several bottles of Silver Oak from Alec's birth year including two 6 liter bottles of the special Bonny's Vineyard select, that we're holding for a special occasion (shown right).
While we didn't open a bottle from his birth year, we did open a twenty year old from 1996, one of the fourteen vintages of this wine label that we hold in our cellar, as that was one vintage for which I do not have published tasting notes. This does not count the many vintages of the Napa Valley and several vintages of the Bonny's Vineyard labels that we also hold.
Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1996
Dark blackish garnet colored, medium bodied, bright black cherry fruits predominate. At twenty years of age, this wine is starting to show its age a bit as the black cherry and black berry fruits, while predominant, are starting to give way to tones of tobacco leaf, hints of tea and dusty earth, yet, still accented by that legendary sweet oak flavor that is emblematic of the Silver Oak brand.RM 89 points.
https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=2784
