2019 Silver Oak Napa Valley 1.5L estate spotlight
Silver Oak's own film on the American oak that shapes this Cabernet.
The market on this magnum
U.S. shop listings for the 2019 magnum, before sales tax. Auctions, futures, and markdowns are left out. The lowest in-stock magnum on the main list is $279.44. Two or more are $257 a magnum. One magnum is $285. Checked 2026-10-06.
Napa Valley Cabernet magnum
1.5L Magnum 2019 Silver Oak Cellars Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, USA
Decanter 96, in a 1.5 liter magnum that ages more slowly.
Two or more are $257 a magnum. One magnum is $285. Decanter scored the 2019 Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 96, and James Suckling scored it 95. This is that wine in a 1.5 liter magnum, the same Cabernet in a larger bottle that evolves more slowly, after five years in American oak.
Same wine, larger bottle, slower life
Silver Oak ages the Napa Cabernet five years before release, in American oak from the Missouri cooperage. The blend is Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, and Malbec. Nate Weis was winemaker from 2014 through 2025.
A magnum is the same wine in a larger bottle, and it evolves more slowly. The winery note carries the 2019 through 2047. If Decanter has already scored it 96, why open the smaller bottle when this one is built to wait?
The score
Decanter 96 leads, and James Suckling scored the 2019 a 95.
The oak
American oak from the Missouri cooperage, and five years before release.
The blend
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, and Malbec.
The bottle
A 1.5 liter magnum of the same wine, which evolves more slowly.
Decanter 96, then James Suckling 95
Decanter scored the 2019 a 96: Bing cherry, black raspberry, tobacco, currant leaf, cedarwood, and dried sage.
James Suckling scored it 95: blueberries, dark chocolate, black fruit, mint, and cocoa. The winery note is black cherry and floral tones, huckleberry, dry flowers, nutmeg, silky tannins, and a long finish, with improvement through 2047.
Black cherry, huckleberry, and a long finish
Black cherry, huckleberry, and a floral top, then dry flowers, nutmeg, and silky tannins. Decanter's Bing cherry, black raspberry, tobacco, and dried sage sit in the same glass.
Two or more are $257 a magnum. One magnum is $285. Twelve magnums ship free in the lower 48. Hawaii and Alaska are quoted on their own.
Bing cherry, black raspberry, tobacco, and a floral top.
Black cherry, huckleberry, blueberries, and dark chocolate.
Silky tannins, nutmeg, dried sage, and a long finish.
American oak, five years, then the larger bottle
The Napa Cabernet rests five years in American oak from the Missouri cooperage before it is released.
The blend, in order, is Cabernet Sauvignon, then Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, and Malbec.
Nate Weis was winemaker from 2014 through 2025, the years this Cabernet was made and held.
The magnum is the same wine in a larger bottle, and it evolves more slowly. The winery note of the 2019 runs to improvement through 2047.
Five years in American oak before the cork comes out
The Napa Cabernet rests at the winery, in wood from the Missouri cooperage, before anyone opens it.
American oak is the house program, and the barrels come from the Missouri cooperage.
Nate Weis was winemaker from 2014 through 2025. The Napa Cabernet is aged five years before release.
A magnum holds the same wine and lets it evolve more slowly. The winery points to improvement through 2047.
Steak au poivre, fries beside it
Black cherry, tobacco, and silky tannins want a peppercorn steak, and the cedar wants a salty fry.
Two plates. Steak au poivre. French fries. Both can take black cherry, tobacco, and those silky tannins.
Give the magnum a short decant, then pour it with the steak.
Steak au poivre
Peppercorn-crusted steaks with a pan sauce of brandy, stock, and cream.
Why it works: Cracked pepper and cream meet tobacco, cedarwood, and black cherry without fighting the silky tannins.
View Recipe for Steak au poivre (opens in a new tab)French fries
Russet potatoes boiled with a little vinegar, then fried until thin and crisp.
Why it works: Salt and crisp potato give the long finish something plain to land on.
View Recipe for French fries (opens in a new tab)A 1.5 liter magnum built to wait
Decanter scored the 2019 a 96. Two or more are $257 a magnum. One magnum is $285.
Open the 2019 magnum with steak au poivre.
