A friend went to the Napa Valley a few years ago and visited the Silver Oak winery. She bought one of those collector's set with 6 vintages of Silver Oak Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (2000-2005) in a beautiful wooden collector's box. She offered to have it form the basis of one of my PWC wine dinners, and this we duly organized. It was a very enjoyable just this last weekend.
Apart from the vertical tasting of these six vintages, we had a Schramsberg Blanc de Noir 2009 as well as a Dolce 2006 to flank these wines. I had the impression that Silver Oak was bold, brash and oaky, but this tasting firmly corrected my misunderstanding of this wine. Although oak was quite evident in all six vintages (even including those in which there is some suspicion of cork taint), it was well integrated and non-obtrusive. There was always fruit and acid enough to balance it. This dinner certainly invites me to assess Silver Oak anew.
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