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 Vintage1980 Label 1 of 1094 
TypeRed
ProducerSilver Oak (web)
VarietyCabernet Sauvignon
Designationn/a
Vineyardn/a
CountryUSA
RegionCalifornia
SubRegionSonoma County
AppellationAlexander Valley
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UPC Code(s)850755000615

Drinking Windows and Values
Drinking window: Drink between 1987 and 1996 (based on 1983 user opinions)
Wine Market Journal quarterly auction price: See Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley on the Wine Market Journal.

Community Tasting History

Community Tasting Notes (average 94.5 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by RichEB1 on 12/19/2020 & rated 96 points: Turned the big 4-0 and opened a few bottles from 1980 during the week. We enjoyed all of them, but this Silver Oak was incredible! Cork was in great shape, and the wine poured a dark crimson without any real bricking at the edges. Tight at pnp but opened up perfectly over the next hour. Beautifully layered with sweet purple fruit, plums, smoke, cassis, a touch of leather, and just a hint of bell pepper which added intrigue. Due to the acidity and excellent storage (thank you whoever owned this originally) this wine was incredibly fresh, and shockingly showing only traces of secondary characteristics. An absolutley outstanding cabernet and the highlight of my 1980 Bday wines, besting an 80 Mouton Rothschild and a Dom Perignon (that had clearly not been stored very well). This wine has many, many more years of prime time drinking left, and I feel very fortunate to have 2 more bottles.....which I plan to drink for my 45th and 50th birthdays :) (1839 views)
 Tasted by Old Vino on 12/10/2017 & rated 94 points: from dbl-mag @ work xmas party
very enjoyable
always a crowd pleaser (3547 views)
 Tasted by Old Vino on 11/27/2015: Possibly heat damage. Fatigued maderized. Not rated. (4968 views)
 Tasted by Old Vino on 5/25/2015 & rated 94 points: memorial day pool party. from magnum. brick brownish clear color. explosive nose. very mature and integrated, lots of black fruits cedar molasses with medium plus finish. fully mature california cab at its best. glad this held up well for 35 years (5421 views)
 Tasted by prof b on 12/31/2013 & rated 96 points: This bottle had a bottom neck fill and the cork was easily removed with an ah so, showing saturation about one third of the way up the cork. Right upon opening, I picked up aromas of spice box, cigar, cedar, old leather, and black fruits. The body was also intriguing, offering up black currants, tobacco leaf, hints of plum, and faint earth and mushroom-like components. The acidity remains prominent and brings the wine together as a whole, making me want to take another sip before the taste has faded. A truly exceptional bottle of wine. (7150 views)
 Tasted by xtype on 12/25/2013 & rated 93 points: Cinnamon, Cedar, and Leather on the nose. Initial taste of crushed cherry pits and black pepper. Faint oaky wooden finish with a hint of vanilla. Held out well for hours. (5550 views)
 Tasted by oldwines on 2/18/2012 & rated 96 points: Stupendous wine. Deep red and surprisingly young looking for a 30+year old bottle. The nose was leathery and cedary along with expected oak/vanilla elements. The tannis were smooth with a great rich mouthfeel. The flavors were dominated by black fruit like dark ripe plum and blackberry with a little tea and coffe on the finish. There was also some chocolate throughout. I've had it for about 27 years and it has aged magnificently. Unfortunately my last bottle. I have found that the Alexander valley bottleing consistently ages better than the Napa. (6903 views)
 Tasted by mtdv on 7/28/2007 & rated 95 points: Excellent, elegant and balanced, with full round tannins, yet velvety on the finished. A great pairing with Tuna steaks. (6021 views)
 Tasted by MicklethePickle on 12/21/1990 & rated 92 points: Purchased for $30 at The Wine House in February 1988. Drunk with K, Miranda, Dick and Florence at dinner (stew). Very lovely dark, dark ruby color. Gorgeous depth. Really special nose. Very highly extracted. Rich tobacco, very slightly raisiny bouquet. On the palate, it has a lovely rich, yet elegant, flavor. Fine. Excellent wine. Right at the pinnacle of drinkability. Really top notch. Different style. 5-12-17-8: 92/100. (2080 views)

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Silver Oak

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Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every winegrowing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood.

Used as frequently in blends as in varietal wines, Cabernet Sauvignon has a large number of common blending partners. Apart from the obvious Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the most prevalent of these are Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenere (the ingredients of a classic Bordeaux Blend), Shiraz (in Australia's favorite blend) and in Spain and South America, a Cabernet – Tempranillo blend is now commonplace. Even the bold Tannat-based wines of Madiran are now generally softened with Cabernet Sauvignon

USA

American wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.

California

2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson

Sonoma County

Mendocino County

Alexander Valley

Alexander Valley Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia

 
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