Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 [NET] 070226ROBUST Natural sparkling wine with zero

Natural sparkling wine with zero dosage and zero sulfur—radical even by Jura's standards

At first pour it's deep and dark

While most Champagne houses rely heavily on reserves to ensure consistency year after year

and it takes well over a decade in the ground before anyone can harvest it

Petroski has continued to call the shots in the cellar

Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 [NET] 070226ROBUST Natural sparkling wine with zeroThe Napa bottling is the denser, more structured half of Silver Oak's two Cabernet lineup, and this one was held back until early 2025 more than four years after the harvest so it reaches you fully resolved. The 2020 is a little over 80% Cabernet Sauvignon with nearly 15% Merlot filling in the middle, plus small amounts of Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc and Malbec, with the Soda Canyon Ranch vineyard forming the backbone of the blend. As always the