Happy Harry's Direct Offer No. 8

Timeless by Silver Oak Red Blend -2017-

Timeless Napa Valley is a new wine from the Duncan Family.  The wine is a single vineyard, proprietary red blend that is a tribute to Silver Oak co-founder, Ray Duncan, the Duncan family patriarch.  The name was inspired by a song that Ray’s youngest son, David, wrote as a gift for his 85th birthday.  Sadly, Ray never had the opportunity to hear the song.  He passed away just weeks before his birthday.  With this very special and limited-production wine, they honor Ray and the lessons he taught them.

Crafted by Silver Oak winemaker Nate Weis, Timeless Napa Valley is a distinct and authentic expression of their Soda Canyon Ranch.  This estate vineyard is tucked away in the southern bench lands of Napa Valley’s Vaca Mountains.  The vineyard was acquired by the Duncan family in 1999 for the Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet, Soda Canyon Ranch and is a unique site that’ farmed as six vineyards in one.  From each micro-vineyard, they select the best fruit to create an elegant and singular expression of this vineyard in a given year.

The first vintage of Timeless Napa Valley is a harmonious and integrated wine that deftly balances high acidity and supple fruit to create age worthy structure and character. Neither location nor variety can be overlooked when tasting this wine. Notes of pomegranate and cherry signify the ever-present diurnal shift at the property while aromas of wisteria, licorice and mint indicate attention paid to each block and their individually timed harvests. Carried by essences of rose, plum and tart red fruit, a mouthwatering ripple of bright acidity meets balancing, savory flavors of minty balsam, licorice and stewed black fruits. The dichotomy of plush, ripe fruit that still maintains high acidity is a rare result of the long growing season and multiple-pass harvesting techniques. Once fermented and blended, the 2017 vintage rested in French oak barrels for 16 months. This time is marked by flavors of black pepper, cacao, cozy mulling spices and velvety tannins. Natural grape tannins integrated with that of the oak barrels, natural grape tannins provide firm grip and complex flavors on the palate.