For my complete blog entry summarizing this event, with a lot of background on Silver Oak (and why it's a wine that so divides casual wine drinkers from wine geeks), see http://www.rjonwine.com/cabernet-sauvignon/silver-oak-reappraising-a-california-icon/
1978 Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley 93 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Alexander Valley
Bricked medium dark red violet color; appealing, redolent, maturing, ripe cassis, baked cherry, raspberry, cedar, plum sauce nose; tasty, maturing but with signs of youth yet, tart cassis, tart currant, tart cherry, cedar palate; medium-plus finish (12% alcohol)
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1985 Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley 92 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Alexander Valley
Bricking medium dark red violet color; lifted, maturing, herbal, dried cherry, lightly herbaceous, tobacco, cedar nose; mature, poised, tart cassis, ripe currant, dill palate with medium acidity; medium-plus finish (13.2% alcohol)
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1990 Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley 91 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Alexander Valley
Bricking dark red violet color; mature, tobacco, olive, tart currant nose; herbaceous, olive, tobacco, tart currant, mineral palate wtih grip; medium-plus finish (13.3% alcohol)
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1996 Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley 91 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Alexander Valley
Bricking dark red violet color; redolent, oak, walnut, tart currant nose; tight yet, olive, tart currant, cedar, tart plum palate with medium acidity; medium-plus finish (should go 15 more years; 13.% alcohol)
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2000 Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley 90 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Alexander Valley
Dark red violet color; tart currant, olive, green olive nose with a little VA; maturing, olive, tart currant, tart cassis palate with medium acidity; should go up to 15 years; medium-plus finish (12.8% alcohol)
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2007 Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley 91 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Alexander Valley
Dark red violet color; appealing, ripe berry, black currant, black fruit, berry nose; tasty, tight, tart black fruit, tart plum, ripe black currant palate; needs 2-3 years; medium-plus finish 91+ points (showing more black fruit than earlier vintages)
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