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Silver Oak Napa Valley 2003

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Winery:
Silver Oak Cellars
Varietal:
Cabernet Sauvignon
Region:
USA > California > Napa
Type:
Red Wine
Drink Dates:
Drink Now - 2018
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User Tags:  resinous, stone fruits, berry, oak - heavy, color descriptors, oak, decant, balance, black currant, smooth 


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What to Expect

California's Napa Valley has been a source of world-class Cabernet Sauvignon for well over a century. Its warm climate and varied terrain allows for many styles of wine. One thread that runs through almost all the Cabernet based wines from Napa is their lush, ripe full-bodied feel and rich flavors of currant and berry. Wines from the valley floor, particularly around Rutherford, are famed for a dusty quality and those coming from the hillsides surrounding the valley, Mt. Veeder, Diamond Mountain and Howell Mountain for example, tend to be a little leaner with more obvious structural elements.

Winemakers Notes

Notes on the Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2003 : NVWE NOTES: Very rich and impressively ripe, the nose of this sweetly fruity Cab offers dark Cassis, mocha, cedar, cherry, vanilla toffee and forest floor scents in a soft-edged and fairly plush mix. The same rich oak-derived notes of baking spices, sweet vanilla and toffee support even fuller flavors of chocolate-dipped cherries, plums and Cassis, the whole carrying through a long and richly textured finish. Supple and satisfying all the way, but with some fine tannic grip underneath, this fine Cab - already appealing as a sipper read more...

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Snooth User: thezanino
thezanino
13

While I throughly believe that the Silver Oak Alexander Valley is very overrated, this is one of the best wines I have ever had. Blueberry pie on the nose that I would rather smell than eat any dessert. Beautiful wine.


January 2008

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Snooth User: k8walsh
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Definitely one of the best wines I've had, and in my opinion, as good as the 2001.


May 2008

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Snooth User: lawdidoti
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I savor every sip - fantastic.


March 2009

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Don't forget - the new vintage of Twomey 2004 Merlot is here! A limited time, save $10 per bottle (15% savings). Silver Oak 2003 Napa Valley is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot. It was blended in early 2004 and transferred to 100% new American oak barrels for aging. Silver Oak blends prior to barreling to achieve a balance of the wine's natural elements, such as fruit and tannin, before they are influenced by oak. The wine is then aged in barrel for approximately 25 months and another 20 months in bottle to harmonize its components before release. read more...


 

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Wine Tasting NotesThe 2003 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is a complex and concentrated wine that deftly balances intensity and finesse. The wine has a dark garnet color with a deep purple edge, and displays aromas of blackberry jam, dark chocolate, rose petal, black pepper and cedar. In the mouth, the attack is quite rich, expressing notes of brown sugar and nutmeg, and the flavors proceed seamlessly to a long finish of fruit and ripe tannins. Properly cellared, this wine should give drinking pleasure until 2027.


January 2009

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Silver Oak 2003 Napa Valley is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot. It was blended in early 2004 and transferred to 100% new American oak barrels for aging. Silver Oak blends prior to barreling to achieve a balance of the wine's natural elements, such as fruit and tannin, before they are influenced by oak. The wine is then aged in barrel for approximately 25 months and another 20 months in bottle to harmonize its components before release. The 2003 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is a complex and concentrated wine that deftly balances intensity and finesse. read more...


 

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