Silver Oak Napa Valley 'Alexander Valley' Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

Silver Oak Napa Valley 'Alexander Valley' Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

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Description

Our 2017 Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is ruby in color with a purple rim. Warm and inviting, it has notes of red currant, cassis, ripe plum, cardamom and toffee. There’s depth and weight on the palate—a harmonious intensity. This wine has a long and beautiful finish, and its fine tannins will provide drinking pleasure through 2043 with proper cellaring.

Composition:

95.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3.6% Merlot, 0.5% Cabernet Franc, 0.3% Petit Verdot, 0.1% Malbec

 

--------THE PRODUCER--------

Silver Oak

It was a handshake between Raymond Twomey and Justin Meyer that started what is now regarded as one of the top Napa Valley wineries, way back in the late 1960s. 1972 was the inaugural vintage and they’ve been going from strength to strength. Cabernet Sauvignon is the life-blood of Silver Oak and this is all they focus on at Silver Oak with vines in both Napa Valley and Alexander Valley.

 

--------THE GRAPE--------

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon is the most famous red grape and also is the most planted grape varietal in the world. It is behind the famous 'Claret' wines of Bordeaux in France where it is blended in with Merlot in the famous 'Bordeaux Blend'. In the new world, it tends to grow best in the hot climates of California, Chile, Australia and Argentina. You can expect beautiful black fruit flavours from a Cabernet Sauvignon-predominant wine. 

 

--------THE REGION--------

California

California is the United States of America's largest and most important wine region. It produces 90% of the USA's total production - with the fair majority of that being red wines. Since it is 'always sunny in California' it is the perfect region to grow red grapes that need a lot of heat to ripen up. This has lead to Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and an Italian grape varietal: Primitivo (Californian's call in Zinfandel) to being the most important red grapes. Chardonnay is the leading white followed by Sauvignon Blanc.