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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.

1979 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

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

1983 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

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

1984 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  91   

1985 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  92   
MB  ****   

1986 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  92   

1987 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  93   
3 available
Bid *

1987 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

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

WS  93   

1987 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WS  93   

1987 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  93   

1987 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; label condition issue

WS  93   

1989 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; very top shoulder fill

1994 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork

RP  93   

1994 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  93   

1995 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  94   
WS  92   

1996 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  92   
ST  87-90   
3 available
Bid *

1996 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  92   
ST  87-90   

1997 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

1998 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

1998 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

1998 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

1999 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork

RP  90-92   
ST  87-90   
2 available
Bid *

1999 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  90-92   
ST  87-90   

1999 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  90-92   
ST  87-90   

2000 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

2000 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon