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Red
1992 Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
Label borrowed from 1993
Label borrowed from 1991
Label borrowed from 1993
Label borrowed from 1993
Label borrowed from 1993
Label borrowed from 1993
Community Tasting Notes 83
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Grappa Cellar wrote: 87 points
November 21, 2022 - Past due
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Tim336 wrote: 95 points
September 28, 2022 - Tasted from magnum after a 2hr decant. Really special wine - savory and leathery, with lots of baked cherries and spearmint on the palate. Tannins still noticeable but moving to the back. Doesn't taste like a 30-year wine, and has years to go yet.
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Sperls Likes this wine: 98 points
June 16, 2022 - I thought it would be good per the notes below but always worry about older bottles regardless. In fact, this was one of the best wines I’ve tasted in a long while and could even deserve 100 pts. Everything was in perfect balance - the dark fruit with a bit of tar and cedar, the American oak was tamed but gave it structure, the deep purple color with some bricking, the mouthfeel was chewy and the finish long. This reminded me of how good Silver Oak was back in the day…
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barrytaylor Likes this wine: 90 points
January 1, 2021 - deep dark color, mature wine, cigar box on nose, tannin resolved, old word style, little fruit, lots of style
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wa2ofd Likes this wine: 93 points
December 13, 2020 - Owned this from new issue and have had some up and down thots over the yrs. At 28 it’s really settled in. Great amount of earth has emerged and fruit, while still there is secondary but still sexy, sweet. Held up to a multiple hr decant. Last, best...
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By Richard Jennings
5/22/2012 (link) 92 points(Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley) Dark red violet color; tart cassis, cedar, ripe currant nose; tasty, poised, tart cassis, tart cherry, cedar palate; should go 20-plus years; medium-plus finish 92+ points (12.5% alcohol)
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1992
- Type Red
- Producer Silver Oak
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Napa Valley
- UPC Codes 055751027509, 717888120224, 785214290750
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 1,162 (58%)
- Consumed 855 (42%)
Food Pairing
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- ProducerSilver Oak
- VarietyCabernet Sauvignon
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationNapa Valley
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