1978 Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 91.9 points

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  9/29/2022 - andtheodor wrote: 93 Points

  Truly delightful, I love serving these to people who have been conditioned to expect steakhouse styled wines whenever they see this famous label. Unlike the modern iterations, this is 12% alcohol, with a pleasant green timbre to the rich fruit, ample tannin and acidity. Perhaps most interesting of all is the notable oak that still pokes out of this wine. It doesn't detract but this must have been pretty oaky through its youth?

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  7/14/2020 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Day 4. Still holding up since being opened although it has lost a step. Deep plummy fruit with some black currant, lots of spice (some of it a remainder of the american oak), some herbal. This flirts with pruney at points but just manages to hold on. A little bit in the glass gets sweeter with some wild strawberry and a bit of heat and still the spice. The palate is similiar - dark fruit, spice, herbal - showing more green now. This is plush and deep - with the age and time opening showing bones a bit (heat and angularity), but still this is really enjoyable. The finish is red fruit, spice and a little varnish/VA. Last bottle (I think) from a case that dad bought near release - still had the $14.45 price tag on it. They don't make them like the used to ... that's for sure. A number of bottles of this from the early 90's to the late 00's were just killer. Nose - 5/6, palate - 5/6, Finish - 5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1/2 = 16/20.

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  1/19/2020 - wgilbert3 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Decanted and let sit for more than 2 hours, even then it was just starting to open. Had with dinner after being open 3-4 hours and it was sublime: complex nose with some fruit, leather, hints of mushroom? On the palate, silky smooth and complex: lots of layers into a medium finish.

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  12/24/2019 - Silkeyj Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Ruby to light orange at the meniscus. Sediment. Nose is baked apricot, light cherry and raspberry, almost plastic candy smell. Wow. So many layers. All of the above, touch of tannin, smooth mouthfeel, long finish. Another treat to taste.

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  1/20/2019 - wgilbert3 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Cork was intact but hard to remove. Filtered and decanted. Initially, very flat, almost nothing on the nose or palate. But after 90 minutes or a little more, it began to open up and was lovely until finished at 3 hours. After open, the nose had nice leather, spice and some fruit. Raisin, some dark fruit, hints of oak and leather on the palate. Very nice, just needs time to wake up!

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