1985 Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

Community Tasting Notes (38) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  2/20/2023 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 91 Points

  At home at dinner (pizza). Ruby-purple color, red rim. Excellent, complex nose. Chocolate and plenty of oak. On the palate, black licorice and anise flavors, very nice. Excellent now, but better when the tannins abate. 5-12-16-8: 91/100.

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  4/9/2022 - Matt T wrote: 91 Points

  Still alive and kicking with a lot of bell pepper, cherry, and vanilla and a good bit of depth. Pleasant nose and medium length finish.

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  12/26/2021 - mflesh wrote: 92 Points

  Really quite impressed by this one. Overheard someone talking about having 12 of these and not cracking a single one in the case. Well, apparently they were serious about giving one a try, and I happened to be at the right place at the right time! Wine friends are good friends! This one poured a nice dark maroon into the glass. Definitely some bricking to the meniscus. The nose was a combination of some mild vegetable roads, but had a lot of brambly black cherry. The entry and mid palate of this wine shows its age. There is a vegetal note, weedy, straw and hay. However, raspberry black cherry notes are definitely there. This one has started to lose its fruit, and the middle and finish were a little bit one dimensional. A fair amount of grit on the finish and still a bit of black pepper. Definitely over the hill, but not in the ditch just yet! If you have these, it is definitely time to start drinking. These are starting to lose their fruit, or at least this one is. I expect an extreme amount of bottle diversity at this age.

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  6/29/2019 - Satoshi Nakamoto Likes this wine: 92 Points

  WX Dinner: Drank from a magnum.

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  6/23/2018 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Wine Group Tasting of Old Cabernet Sauvignon vintages. (Yan's China Bistro, Walnut Creek, Ca.): Wine Group Tasting of Old Cabernet Sauvignon vintages. Nose of black cherry, mocha, earth, coffee grounds, and hints of bell pepper, same on the palate, medium/big body, very tasty, elegant, improved throughout the meal and was clearly the winner based on comments received, just delicious, was well paired with the steak and beef clay pot, mouth filling fruit, got richer and richer with mocha and black cherry during dinner, wish I owned more than 3 bottles, and a long, flavorful finish and aftertaste. My #1 of 5.

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