Silver Oak Comes to Del Frisco’s in Dallas

Be a winery that is around for long enough and you will see the same effect as the Rolling Stones. Just as every one of their tours is guaranteed to attract a base number of diehard fans at concerts so every vintage of the winery is guaranteed a base number of bottle purchases. There are few Napa Valley wineries with a more fervent following that Silver Oak Cellars. Since its founding in 1972 it has established itself as one of the paradigmatic Napa Cabernet Sauvignon producers adored by consumers who love its style of soft tannins combined with complex flavors that mature early (by Cabernet standards) in about 6 years. A lot of Silver Oak Cabernet is drunk with steak in the classic “Steak and Cabernet” combination. Little wonder that Dallas is a major market given the popularity of steak and little wonder that it would be hard to find a tier-one steak house that did not have a vintage in its cellar.

It was fitting that Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House was the scene last week of a tasting of current and older vintages of the wines over executive chef David Holben’s meaty menu. Given Silver Oak’s philosophical commitment to make only Cabernet Sauvignon, supporting wines came from the parent company’s Twomey Cellars label and business partners from outside.

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