2013 Silverado SOLO Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
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S$16888
Vintage: 2013
Region: Napa Valley
Country: USA
Winemaker Notes
The 2013 Silverado SOLO Cabernet Sauvignon opens with bold aromas of red berries and spice. Full-bodied with lush flavors of cherry, black raspberry and sweet black fruit with a layer of lightly toasted oak and cola.
About Winery
Nestled in the hills on the North West side of the Stags Leap District, Silverado Vineyards Winery has been a favorite wine country destination and home to some of the Napa Valley’s most-recognized wines for almost forty years. In 1981, Ron and Diane Disney Miller and her mother, Lillian Disney, established Silverado Vineyards to make wines from the historic sites of the estate the family owns. The winery was named in honor of the Silverado Vineyard, one of the first four in Stags Leap District to plant Cabernet in the 1960s. The vineyard pays homage to the abandoned mining town at the top of the Valley which also inspired the name of the famous Silverado Trail where Silverado Vineyards and other iconic wineries of the Stags Leap District are situated. Silverado Vineyards owns five other storied vineyards across Napa Valley’s top AVAs: Miller Ranch, Mt. George, Soda Creek Ranch (Borreo), Firetree, and Vineburg. All of Silverado’s wines are estate-grown, produced and bottled. Winemaker Jon Emmerich is only the second lead winemaker in the history of Silverado Vineyards and celebrated his 30th vintage with the winery in 2020. Jon has grown Silverado’s reputation for quality and consistency along with his colleague Elena Franceschi, who has been Silverado’s associate winemaker for nearly 25 years. When Diane Miller passed away in 2013, Ron Miller became president of the Board of Directors of The Walt Disney Family Museum, and chairman of Silverado Vineyards until his passing in 2019. Diane and Ron’s children and grandchildren proudly continue to carry their family’s legacy forward as the owners of Silverado Vineyards.
About Winery
Nestled in the hills on the North West side of the Stags Leap District, Silverado Vineyards Winery has been a favorite wine country destination and home to some of the Napa Valley’s most-recognized wines for almost forty years. In 1981, Ron and Diane Disney Miller and her mother, Lillian Disney, established Silverado Vineyards to make wines from the historic sites of the estate the family owns. The winery was named in honor of the Silverado Vineyard, one of the first four in Stags Leap District to plant Cabernet in the 1960s. The vineyard pays homage to the abandoned mining town at the top of the Valley which also inspired the name of the famous Silverado Trail where Silverado Vineyards and other iconic wineries of the Stags Leap District are situated. Silverado Vineyards owns five other storied vineyards across Napa Valley’s top AVAs: Miller Ranch, Mt. George, Soda Creek Ranch (Borreo), Firetree, and Vineburg. All of Silverado’s wines are estate-grown, produced and bottled. Winemaker Jon Emmerich is only the second lead winemaker in the history of Silverado Vineyards and celebrated his 30th vintage with the winery in 2020. Jon has grown Silverado’s reputation for quality and consistency along with his colleague Elena Franceschi, who has been Silverado’s associate winemaker for nearly 25 years. When Diane Miller passed away in 2013, Ron Miller became president of the Board of Directors of The Walt Disney Family Museum, and chairman of Silverado Vineyards until his passing in 2019. Diane and Ron’s children and grandchildren proudly continue to carry their family’s legacy forward as the owners of Silverado Vineyards.
Winemaker Notes
Dark rich fruits, black cherry, blackberry, and plum aromas. Full rich mid-palate with broad tannins and a medium to long finish.
94 Wine & Spirits
"The Millers purchased their Silverado Vineyard in 1978; originally planted in 1884, it was one of the first vineyards in what would become the Stags Leap District. Cabernet grows to luxurious textures and gentle tannins in these gravelly loam and clay soils, particularly in 2013, the vintage that produced this powerful and gracious wine. As Senior Editor Luke Sykora pointed out, “It’s a luxury wine that’s delicious rather than aggressive—it’s smooth, sweet and inviting.” As ripe as it is, the fruit feels healthy, the tannins layering rich earthiness into the flavor."
93 Decanter
"The sweet ripe blackcurrant nose is tinged by a slight chlorine note but the palate delivers with cassis and pencil shavings layered upon tart plums. It is tannic but not tough as the fruit bursts through."
