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Fruit comes from four Sonoma County sub-appellations, led by Knights Valley, with Moon Mountain, Alexander Valley, and Chalk Hill filling out the rest, each contributing its own elevation, soil, and climate. After hand-harvesting and hand-sorting, the grapes go through an extended cold soak, then age sixteen months in a mix of new, second-use, and neutral French oak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wine shows dusty cherry, licorice, and black pepper up front, opening into black cherry, cocoa, and anise with a savory, mineral edge of gravel and incense. Chewy tannins carry it through a long, dry finish. 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The winery's commitment to craft eventually led it to purchase its own cooperage in Missouri, giving the team direct control over every stave used in aging. Now under winemaker Nate Weis, Silver Oak remains one of Napa's most recognizable producers of single-varietal Cabernet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe 2019 Napa Valley bottling draws fruit from premier vineyards across the valley, including the estate's own Jump Rock and Soda Canyon sites, and is blended predominantly with Merlot alongside small amounts of Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, and Malbec. This vintage marked a turning point for the winery's oak program, as extensive trials led the team to settle on a twenty-four month air-drying period and a precise ninety minute toast for the American oak barrels, a combination that shifted the wine toward a more savory, focused character than prior years. 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