Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

8.9

Dark ruby red with a purplish hue. Good dark fruits on the nose with some forest floor and truffles. Light bell peppers in the finish. Moderate tannins (5.5/10) and medium bodied. Lots of soft dark fruits and damp leaves. Medium plus finish. Great restaurant wine and solid Sonoma Cabernet. Drink till 2022. — 9 years ago

with Sean

Marit Wangstad

8.9

What you would expect from Silver Oak. On the nose, green bell pepper, mint, rose, and cherry. On the palate, sour cherry, strawberry, green bell pepper, medium plus tannins, but still very smooth. #lifeisacabernet #winelife #napavalleycabs #bigredwines — 10 years ago

Bonnie Kissler

9.5

11/20/2015 at Donovan's — 10 years ago

Aaron Pott

9.0

Beautiful Left Bank Cabernet Cassis and bell pepper. Lovely texture. 81 Medoc is singing now. — 10 years ago

Mark Andrew

9.0

Nice and smooth. Citrus and refreshing. — 11 years ago

Morgan Thompson

9.0

Zippy alcohol and acidity with a light body. Smells like pure cherries but taste is all spice and tobacco. Took awhile to open up but very much enjoyed. — 11 years ago

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.3

A very balanced wine even on ots iwn — 12 years ago

"Odedi"

9.2

It's time for my Friday's Cabernet fix. This time, a wonderful Chilean Cabernet.

Deep purple in color with a purplish rim.

Beautiful nose of blueberries, blackberries, black currants, plums, cooked cherries, oak, vanilla, licorice, earth, spices, peppercorn, leather, bell pepper, sage, peppermint, eucalyptus and smoke.

Full bodied with medium acidity and beautiful long legs.

Dry on the palate with blackberries, black currants, cherries, figs, cloves, herbs, earth, cola, vanilla, oak, spices, light vegetables, coffee, chocolates, bell pepper, tobacco, beef jerky and peppercorn.

Long finish with firm tannins and black pepper.

An elegant, Single Vineyard, Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile, with lots of complexity and fitness, but not fully balanced yet.

Still young now, but very enjoyable by itself, and better with BBQ Meats. I paired it with a cheese platter, crackers and nice company.

Grapes are grown at the foot hills of the Andes Mountains, on stony soils. 99% Cabernet Sauvignon and 1% Cabernet Franc.

14.5% alcohol by volume. — 9 years ago

Petra Rasmussen

9.4

Nice body! Get the right one though. The Tempranillo isn't as good. — 10 years ago

with Kyle and Anne

Gladys Xiques

9.2

I highly recommend decanting. This wine is majestic. It really evolves. At first uptight and no nonsense. It plays hard to get. Then over time it begins to come into its own acknowledging black fruit and currants then whispering some bell pepper and finally just sighing with a hint of and I mean just a hint of smoke. — 10 years ago

Beau Carufel

Winemaker/Owner Random Wine Company

8.9

1983. Needed an hour or more but then it had beautiful leather, bell pepper, and earth. The brett was pretty manageable too. — 11 years ago

Matt Schwartz

8.9

Gracefully aged — 11 years ago

with Kelsey

Nate Stiles

9.0

Really nice and soft. Well balanced and goes down easily. — 12 years ago

Kyle Medlin

9.2

Fruity chinon - cranberry cherry bell pepper with some barnyard funk. Nice value. — 9 years ago

Cody Short

9.2

Drinking really well. Wonderful notes of tobacco, lead pencil, earthy and a touch of bell pepper. — 10 years ago

Rajiv Ayyangar

9.2

Intense dark bell pepper, stewed peppers, floral cherry, slight animal fur, some mushroom as well. High acid. Impressive but young and gangly. — 10 years ago

with Tim and Evan

Craig Haarmeyer

9.2

Dig this. Diggin' up the funky forest floor. Picked some bell peppers, too.... — 10 years ago

Austen Ito

8.9

Melon, floral, mango nose. Nice acid, medium body. Mango, honeydew, bell pepper with light mineralaity. — 11 years ago

Cary Welton

9.0

For the price point, this Big Dog can definitely hunt! Soft pepper and smooth tannins, slight black cherry make this a winner with Ferrero Rocher and House of Lies. — 11 years ago

Lesa Gough

8.9

Cali Zin with refinement. Very nice. Need to get more of this. — 11 years ago