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| | Vintage | 2011 |  Label 1 of 1104 
 | | Type | Red | | Producer | Silver Oak (web) | | Variety | Cabernet Sauvignon | | Designation | n/a | | Vineyard | n/a | | Country | USA | | Region | California | | SubRegion | Sonoma County | | Appellation | Alexander Valley | | Options | Show variety and appellation | | UPC Code(s) | 000000489614, 000002926384, 000004116790, 023859556658, 081633686441, 084444100090, 086891072913, 1000000000214, 451333507504, 785214190753, 785214290750, 817188000674, 878292000073, 892026001006 |
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| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 90 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 175 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by pmcellar on 12/21/2023 & rated 91 points: Typically great Silver Oak (741 views) | | | Tasted by enniszd on 11/23/2023: Blackberries, (718 views) | | | Tasted by jcarman on 5/12/2023 & rated 90 points: So sorry I have been cellaring this one. I waited too long.. Good, but no longer great. (1319 views) | | | Tasted by Kmarzec on 3/27/2023 & rated 94 points: I agree with DJSeiler! (1454 views) | | | Tasted by DJSeiler on 2/24/2023 & rated 94 points: Or better…. Cool blueberry aroma over a dark Garnet beautifully poured glass. Crisp raspberry and blue berry flavors whirled around the tastebuds. This is a solid but ballanced semi sweet full textured wine experience. The finish seemed to last forever… what a delight. (1645 views) | | | Tasted by Jason Wu on 1/25/2023 & rated 94 points: Damp dirt, forest floor, blueberry, beautifully aged, wet leaves, toast, herbs, cooked capsicum, with some time in the glass the wine blossoms into mesmerising floral notes. So yummy and make you want to have more! (1140 views) | | | Tasted by aaronwine on 12/25/2022 & rated 90 points: Already fading and solidity into the mature fruit stage. Nice complexity. Not bad but surprising this is tasting so old already. Prefer the prior generations of Silver Oak. (1144 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Maxwell on 6/11/2022 & rated 90 points: modest fruit with mostly blue notes, light tannin and low acidity - may be time to finish these off. (1383 views) | | | Tasted by JHolley33 on 5/18/2022 & rated 93 points: Very dry (1278 views) | | | Tasted by bestdamncab on 4/10/2022 & rated 91 points: The first vintage blended and not 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, with 7% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot. Nose of herbs, mocha, black cherry fruit, and earth, more of the same on the palate, drinking great today, mellow, smooth, tasty, mouth filling fruit, medium/big body, time to drink up if you have it in the cellar, delicious, long finish and lovely aftertaste, photo uploaded. (1445 views) | | | Tasted by bryon m on 12/27/2021 & rated 90 points: Good color and body. Flavors were not complex, it still had Wood/Oak flavor and some dark cherry. I enjoyed it, solid. (1661 views) | | | Tasted by d.autrey1 on 9/8/2021: Wrong date entered…substituting 2006 (1989 views) | | | Tasted by tim.ramsier on 6/19/2021 & rated 88 points: I decanted this for an hour before drinking but it really should have been decanted for 5 or more hours. It’s story didn’t start great but as it opened up it started to pull in pleasant flavors to build a solid experience. At its worse it told a short story about blackberries, blueberries, and vanilla with a hint of bitterness. After letting it sit for 2 hours after the first small glass, it brought in hints of vanilla, peppercorn, and bell pepper rounding out the experience. If you are opening this, I cannot stress enough, decant for 5 or more hours. (1768 views) | | | Tasted by RustyI on 4/9/2021 & rated 90 points: Fantastic! (2031 views) | | | Tasted by Bdemelo1027 on 12/11/2020 & rated 91 points: Full body as you would expect. Can’t go wrong with Silver Oak. (2431 views) | | | Tasted by pgrzesik on 11/14/2020 & rated 90 points: Decanted this wine for 45 minutes prior to drinking and felt that this wine really needed it. The nose was elegant with lots of red fruits, cherries, raspberries, some notes of leather, and a hint of toasted coconut. The palate is medium bodied, nice mouthfeel, but felt a bit thin. There are some green pepper notes with this wine which I am attributing to the difficult 2011 vintage however it is very easy drinking and just overall tasty. Medium finish. Overall really enjoyed this wine. (2269 views) | | | Tasted by Volleyball on 5/30/2020 & rated 92 points: A good wine but definitely mature, good to drink now.
Medium garnet color. M+ intensity aroma, quite savory, bell pepper with tertiary aromas - stewed plum - dominating. Solid structure - M+ acid and M+ tannins. Finish is long but body is not too full. On the palate, there is still a bit of the stewed fruit but also ripe blackberries and savory, vegetable notes - bell peppers and asparagus. Not a huge wine, quite elegant. (2666 views) | | | Tasted by Jeppy on 4/4/2020 & rated 84 points: Still drinkable but awkward. (2604 views) | | | Tasted by Mel&JC on 2/13/2020: Gift from Ellen. It was fantastic. (2568 views) | | | Tasted by Mel&JC on 12/31/2019 & rated 50 points: Christmas 2019 (2322 views) | | | Tasted by Pjzlotnik on 8/28/2019: Emiio Nares (3019 views) | | | Tasted by Pjzlotnik on 8/28/2019: Emilo Nares (2150 views) | | | Tasted by WineKnut on 2/2/2019 & rated 91 points: This is settling down nicely. About 2mm of penetration into a very well preserved cork. I was surprised that the stain on the cork was such a light rose color. Decanted leaving absolutely no sediment in bottle. After 2 hours this was really open and showing nearly all that I expected from this particular SO. There was solid red fruit and vanilla, with hints of truffle and saddle leather. Mouthfeel was fairly light, as were the gently integrated tannins. A very well made and tasty wine indeed, but lacking the decadence that I was hoping for in this price range. (3266 views) | | | Tasted by fishkabob on 12/30/2018 & rated 89 points: Vegetal, little fruit. Deep red color, softened tannins. Coravined, so maybe it will open up with time. (2956 views) | | | Tasted by Grant h on 11/23/2018: Art broke into the shower install this bottle on Thanksgiving 2018.
We all had a great time enjoying it or finish it off tonight. (3046 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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| Silver Oak Producer website
Cooper's Oak Winery and OAK Cooperage, Duncan Family of Silver Oak, Visit and Tour2011 Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander ValleyWinemaker Notes:
Our 2011 Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is composed of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. It was blended in early 2012 and aged for 24 months in 40% new and 60% once-used American oak barrels.
Early blending assures a balanced core and allows the components to achieve a seamless harmony during barrel aging. After bottling in the spring of 2014, the wine was aged an additional 18 months in bottle before being released in August of 2015.
Tasting Notes:
The 2011 Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is a harmonious and vibrant wine. This full-bodied, classic expression of Alexander Valley Cabernet in a cool vintage has a bright ruby-red color with purple undertones. The nose exudes aromas of black cherry,
cedar and black olives. On the palate, its dried herb, cocoa and lavender flavors are framed by dusty tannins and a savory texture. It finishes with lively acidity and lingering persistence. Given proper cellaring, this wine should give drinking pleasure through 2029.Cabernet SauvignonCabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every winegrowing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood.
Used as frequently in blends as in varietal wines, Cabernet Sauvignon has a large number of common blending partners. Apart from the obvious Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the most prevalent of these are Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenere (the ingredients of a classic Bordeaux Blend), Shiraz (in Australia's favorite blend) and in Spain and South America, a Cabernet – Tempranillo blend is now commonplace. Even the bold Tannat-based wines of Madiran are now generally softened with Cabernet SauvignonUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyAlexander Valley Alexander Valley Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia
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