This classic Cabernet will enchant your next dinner party!

The 2004 Alexander Valley Cab from Silver Oak blends fruit from several different vineyards and ages them for 25 months in a combination of 50% new and 50% once-used American oak barrels. It's a fruit-driven wine that showcases Silver Oak's winemaking abilities even when the vintage presents challenges. Crimson-colored with a bouquet redolent of wild flowers, cola, blackberries and anise. The wine is full of sweet, juicy fruit on the attack that's full mid-palate and framed by lots of oak spice. Decant before drinking now or hold for 5-7 years. According to Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar: "Good deep red. Redcurrant, tobacco and fresh herbs on the nose, along with pepper and pungent American oak scents (50% new). Supple on entry, then a bit dry and leafy in the middle, with a green streak partly hidden by exotic oak. Finishes with rather dry tannins..."