Life is a Cabernet
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2007 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Release Day Is Almost Here!
POSTED 1/30/2012 10:43:11 PM
The release of our 2007 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is less than a week away and we can hardly stand it! After 25 months in barrel and an extending aging period of 20 months in bottle, this Cabernet Sauvignon is ready for everyone to enjoy!
Our Director of Winemaking, Daniel Baron, says, “This wine combines elegance and depth in a balanced expression of this classic California vintage. It has a dark ruby color with a garnet edge and a complex nose of sandalwood, cedar, cassis, black cherry, dark chocolate and roasted coffee. On the palate, it is extremely rich and mouth-coating and has a long finish of concentrated fruit and spice with a slight tannic grip. This wine is remarkable in how it continues to evolve in the glass over the course of a meal. It has great maturity of aromas and tannins at moderate alcohol. With proper cellaring, this wine should give drinking pleasure through 2033.”
We hope you will be able to join us this Saturday, February 4th, to help us celebrate the release of this highly anticipated wine. For more information about Release Day and to purchase tickets, please visit our Release Day page.
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Happy New Year!
POSTED 12/29/2011 9:05:25 PM
Thank you for sharing 2011 with us and get ready for 2012…it’s going to be a year for the Silver Oak history books.
From all of us at Silver Oak and Twomey Cellars, we wish you a happy and healthy New Year!
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Did you see us in the news?
POSTED 12/5/2011 6:52:59 PM
Did you see us in the news lately? We're excited about some recent press from some great publications. Including some helpful tips for those holiday shoppers, we are flattered to be featured in InStyle Magazine and Bloomberg’s gift guides.
Wine and Spirits Magazine, December 2011 Issue Year’s Best Cabernet Sauvignon and Blends
During a blind tasting, Joshua Greene ranked our 2006 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon as one of the year’s best Cabernet Sauvignons. “This is a dark-fruited and floral ’06, with more of the tobacco and green herb character than most growers in Napa Valley allow Cabernet to express. Read more ›
Twomey in the Press!
POSTED 11/18/2011 7:00:00 PM
We are very excited that Twomey Cellars, also owned by the Duncan Family of Silver Oak, has received some great media attention this week. We understand it is difficult to step away from the Cabernet - Life is a Cabernet after all! However, if you are ever curious about sipping varietals such as Merlot, Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc, we hope you will give Twomey a taste. The same attention to quality and excellence that we put into Silver Oak can be tasted in these wines. Enjoy!
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2011 Harvest Update
POSTED 11/14/2011 11:30:44 PM
The weather was mild, but, for the most part, dry this week. Tuesday was overcast and the nighttime lows dipped into the 30’s. We saw very little sugar accumulation in the few vineyards left to pick, but the mountain vineyards were the exception. We even called for a small irrigation in one of the vineyards and saw the sugar increase afterwards.
In Alexander Valley, we crushed 54 tons of steep hillside fruit from Cloverdale and 14 tons of hillside fruit to complete harvest on Friday, October 28th. It has been a long campaign and we are very happy to see that last cluster. The crew continues to press tanks as they go dry and the tannins smooth out.
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