2009 Silver Oak Cellars Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 750ml
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Silver Oak has built its identity on a single stubborn conviction: that Cabernet Sauvignon and American oak belong together. Since 1972 the winery has raised its wines in American barrels rather than French, prizing the vanilla, coconut and sweet baking-spice tones the wood contributes, and holding every release in bottle until it is ready to drink on arrival. Few California producers are so instantly recognizable in a blind glass.
The 2009 season in Napa Valley ran mild and steady, with even summer warmth and none of the heat spikes that marked neighboring years, before an October storm hurried the final picks. The Napa Valley bottling that year blends 84% Cabernet Sauvignon with 8% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 4% Petit Verdot, drawn from estate and grower vineyards and raised at the Oakville winery under longtime winemaker Daniel Baron.
The producer's own note described cassis jam, mocha, violets and nutmeg, and reviewers added red currant, vanilla and coconut; Wine Align's critic rated it 93 points. Now past its fifteenth birthday, the wine has settled into a supple, savory middle age — the oak fully knit, the tannins rounded, the finish long and gently sweet. Pre-2010 reds carry their histories with them, so a bottle that has rested quietly in proper cool will show this vintage at its best.
It needs no decanting beyond a careful pour and perhaps thirty minutes of air. Classic steakhouse company suits it — ribeye, braised beef, portobello mushrooms — as does anything with char and fat to meet its spice.
- Size: 750ml
- ABV: ABV varies
- Vintage: 2009
- Origin: Napa Valley, California
- Winery: Silver Oak Cellars, Oakville
- Grape/Blend: 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 4% Petit Verdot
- Aging: Matured in American oak barrels, plus extended bottle age before release
- Condition: Fifteen-plus years old; storage history influences each example
- Tasting Notes: Cassis, red currant, vanilla, coconut, mocha, nutmeg, violets
- Drink Window: Drink now through 2031
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