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Alexander Valley

Alexander Valley is an American Viticultural Area just north of Healdsburg, in Sonoma County. It was granted AVA status in 1984, with amendments made in subsequent years. The Russian River flows through the valley, and the region was named for Cyrus Alexander, a 19th century landowner and grape grower. The AVA includes 15,000 vineyard acres, much of it rich, alluvial soil layered on a bed of gravel, somewhat similar to many vineyards in Bordeaux. Alexander Valley is sheltered from marine weather by the low hills northeast of Healdsburg, though it is often shrouded in the morning fog coming off the Russian River. Some of the earliest commercial winemaking in the area started in the 1880s, when immigrants formed the Italian Swiss Colony cooperative at Asti. The region made jug wines until the 1960s and 1970s, when a new wave of quality-minded producers started estates. Today Alexander Valley is home to some of California’s most admired wineries, including Simi, Stonestreet and the Francis Ford Coppola Winery. Silver Oak Cellars, though based in Napa Valley, has a second winery in Alexander Valley where it makes Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. Many grapes do well in the Alexander Valley, including Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and Zinfandel.

1980 Simi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Capsule condition issue; Light case condition issue

1985 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

RP  92   
CT  91   
MB  ****   

1984 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Very top shoulder fill

RP  91   

2008 Silver Oak Alexander Valley 40th Anniversary 1972-2012 Limited Edition Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Lightly depressed cork

1987 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

WS  93   

2001 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Light label condition issue; signed bottle

RP  90   

1974 Simi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  90   
6 available
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1974 Simi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  90   
2 available
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1974 Simi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  90   
2 available
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1974 Simi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  90   
2 available
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2015 The Setting Tenth Anniversary Vintage Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

2015 The Setting Tenth Anniversary Vintage Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue

1987 Jordan Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  90   
4 available
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2009 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

CT  90.9   

1973 Simi Special Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

10 available
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1973 Simi Special Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

2006 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

WE  92   
2 available
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2006 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WE  92   

2006 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

WE  92   

2012 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

3 available
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2012 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork

2 available
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2012 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

2012 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

2013 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  90   
11 available
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2013 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork

WS  90   
3 available
Bid *