Silent Lot #116 – Oakville Ranch
Frankly, the Best

Oakville Ranch is the original mountain vineyard of the sub-appellation that produces the New World’s most celebrated Cabernets. Covering just two square miles at the heart of Napa Valley, the Oakville district may be small, but its wines play a very big role in the connoisseur’s collection. At 1,400 feet above the valley floor, the Oakville Ranch vineyards produce fruit that speaks from the appellation’s signature red volcanic soil with a mountain accent. Available to you tonight is a Double Magnum of the vineyard’s 2005 Cabernet Franc Robert’s Blend, which won a silver medal in the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition and earned 91 points from the Connoisseur’s Guide to California Wine. The review had this to say: “The wine is both tight and slightly supple at the front of the palate and picks up a bit of the variety’s crunching tannin in the latter half. It wants service with beef steaks or roasts and has plenty of stuffing for five to eight years of aging.”

OPENING BID
$500

INCLUDES
One 3-Liter Bottle

DONOR
Private Donor