January 20, 2024 - Y
September 20, 2023 - and still fresh with enjoyable balance of red fruit, minerals and oak. Pleasant juice with a filet.
The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle.
August 6, 2022 - Before writing this note I reviewed my notes on this wine from '09, '10 and '16. 100 % cabernet. Cork pristine when tonged out. Fully evolved now with fruit still there but secondary notes coming through strongly. Drink or hold but leaning heavily on the drink - I would recommend drinking up any remaining holdings in the next couple years - probably slightly past prime but not yet degrading in any significant way. Highly recommend, drinking beautifully and at this point of maturation quite a good QPR wine at our acquisition price way back in the day. Reddish purple, peripheral bricking present, soft mouthfeel, complex and fully integrated, medium bodied and with a lovely medium length aftertaste. Oak & tannins present but very soft and fully integrated. Fruit probably starting to drop off a bit. Nose dark, soft and more muted with plum, black cherry, violet, black pepper and a distinct smokey finish. Primary flavors up front included dark fruit, cassis and blackberry giving way to earthier notes of stone, leather, black tea and a smokier and less floral note on the finish. Another example of how beautiful a well made and properly aged high end CA cab can evolve into. 1 bottle left of the original case of 12 and will probably drink it by if not for New Year's.
June 30, 2022 - Dark fruit, smooth on the palate. Cork damaged, but able to decant the wine cleanly. Wine itself was great, after an hour of decanting. Drink now!
June 12, 2022 - Nice dark fruit on the front and a smooth balance on the palate, low to moderate minerality with light tannins and low acidity. Harkens to the 100% Cabernet! Don't wait much longer.
December 31, 2021 - Should have drank this a couple years ago.
December 25, 2021 - This was 4 years beyond the recommend drinking window and it showed it. This vintage peaked a few years ago. Still drinkable but not your typical Silver Oak.
November 25, 2021 - Should have enjoyed last year as it turned and didn’t taste like a Silver Oak.
June 26, 2021 - Drank this a bit later than we should have. I thought it was corked - the cork disintegrated upon opening, but phew! Delicious and smooth - especially within the second hour of opening up. However I do wish we had enjoyed this wine a year or two ago at it’s peak. we left it a bit too long.
December 4, 2020 - Silver Oak Healdsburg Tasting Experience (Silver Oak Cellars Healdsburg, Ca.): Tasting Silver Oak Healdsburg (Silver Oak Cellars Healdsburg, Ca.): Kathy noted ammonia on the first pour so a new bottle was opened by the staff and tasted, nose of black cherry, sage, and forest floor, big body, tasty, rich fruit, at peak so needs to be opened and enjoyed at its peak in my opinion, in the next 6 months, but will hold up for another 8 years, and a long, long finish.