Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet: Vintages, Blends and Prices in 2026

Silver Oak makes two Cabernet Sauvignons from two valleys: one from Napa Valley and one from Alexander Valley in Sonoma County. This post is about the Alexander Valley wine. Silver Oak ages its Cabernet only in American oak (Silver Oak), and the barrels come from The Oak, a Missouri cooperage the winery has fully owned since 2015 (Silver Oak).

Below is what the winery has published about the wine and its vintages, and what it sells for today in shops, at auction and on restaurant lists. Blend figures come from the winery's own product sheets. The prices come from Wine Labs data collected on November 4, 2026.

Silver Oak Alexander Valley at a glance

How Silver Oak began

Ray Duncan bought his first land in Alexander Valley in 1970, a 100-acre property called Los Amigos Vineyard. In 1972 he bought a dairy property in Oakville and offered winemaker Justin Meyer an equal partnership, with Meyer in charge of the wine. The business was first called Duncan-Meyer and took the Silver Oak name in 1975. The first North Coast vintage was released in 1977 for $6 a bottle, and the first Napa Valley vintage followed in 1979 (Silver Oak history).

Meyer retired in 2001 and sold his share to the Duncan family. Ray Duncan's sons, Tim and David Duncan, are the second generation of the family in the business (Silver Oak).

Who makes the wine

Silver Oak has had four winemakers, with overlapping tenures: Justin Meyer (1972 to 2001), Daniel Baron (1994 to 2016), Nate Weis (2014 to 2025) and Laura Oskwarek, winemaker since 2025 (Silver Oak).

The wine is blended before it goes into barrel, so the blend is chosen on the vineyard lots before the oak has any effect (2016 product sheet). It then ages for 24 months in American oak, half new and half used once, and rests in bottle before release: 15 months for the 2015 (2015 product sheet) and 14 months for the 2021 (2021 product sheet). The winery says it holds its wines in bottle longer than almost any other California winery (Silver Oak).

The barrels come from The Oak, a cooperage in Higbee, Missouri. Silver Oak fully acquired it in 2015 and says it was the first winery to own and run an American oak cooperage (Silver Oak).

Where the fruit comes from

Silver Oak lists five vineyards in Alexander Valley. The Alexander Valley Estate Vineyard, around the winery near the south end of the valley, was bought in 2012 and replanted from 2012 to 2014. Miraval (bought in 1987) and Red Tail (bought in 1988) lie near the Russian River in the south of the valley. Crazy Creek was added in 2016 and Big River, near Fitch Mountain, in 2017 (Silver Oak vineyards).

The 2017 was the first vintage from the new Alexander Valley winery, which is LEED Platinum and Living Building certified (2017 product sheet).

Silver Oak Alexander Valley vintages and blends

The winery publishes a product sheet for every vintage from 2012 to 2021 (Silver Oak downloads). Cabernet Sauvignon has made up 94.6% to 98% of the wine. The rest is a small and changing mix of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec.

201298%

201395%

201497.7%

201595.3%

201694.6%

201795.5%

201894.8%

201995.2%

202095.2%

202196%

Share of each grape, from Silver Oak's product sheets, 2012 to 2021.

Vintage	Cabernet Sauvignon	Merlot	Cabernet Franc	Petit Verdot	Malbec
2012	98%	2%	0%	0%	0%
2013	95%	2%	2%	0%	1%
2014	97.7%	1.3%	0.2%	0.5%	0.3%
2015	95.3%	3.7%	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%
2016	94.6%	4%	0.5%	0.5%	0.4%
2017	95.5%	3.6%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%
2018	94.8%	4.2%	1%	0%	0%
2019	95.2%	1.9%	2.5%	0.4%	0%
2020	95.2%	2.1%	1.4%	0.7%	0.6%
2021	96%	2%	1%	1%	0%

The sheets for 2013 to 2016 and 2021 give the oak, and all say 24 months in American oak, 50% new and 50% used once. The 2012 and 2017 to 2020 sheets don't give it.

Release day is always early August, almost four years after harvest. Alcohol has crept up: it ranged from 13.8% to 14.3% between 2012 and 2017, and has been 14.4% to 14.6% since 2018.

What Silver Oak Alexander Valley costs today

On November 4, 2026, 3,173 sellers had the wine on offer in a 750 ml bottle. Almost all are in the US (3,037 sellers), followed by Japan (19), Singapore (13) and Vietnam (12). Half of all offers sit between $85 and $113, and the median is $99. The winery lists the current 2022 release at $90 on its own shop.

AuctionMedian of 3,146 sales, buyer's premium included$76

Winery, 2022 releasesilveroak.com list price$90

ShopsMedian of 3,173 sellers, all vintages$99

RestaurantsMedian of 2,012 wine lists$180

Per 750 ml bottle, US dollars, November 2026.

Channel	Price	Basis
Auction	$76	Median of 3,146 sales, buyer's premium included
Winery, 2022 release	$90	silveroak.com list price
Shops	$99	Median of 3,173 sellers, all vintages
Restaurants	$180	Median of 2,012 wine lists

These four prices don't measure the same thing. The winery price is for the current release. Shop prices mix recent and older vintages. Auction prices are what one lot sold for, with the buyer's premium but before shipping, tax and storage. A restaurant price includes service.

By vintage, shops ask a median of $75 for the 2022 and $80 to $100 for the 2017 to 2021. At auction, those same vintages sold for $64 to $76. Shops price the 2012 to 2014 higher, at $138 to $160, while at auction they sold for $71 to $78.

$0$50$100$150$200

2012$71$138

2013$76$160

2014$78$140

2015$71$97

2016$75$105

2017$68$97

2018$74$100

2019$75$99

2020$64$95

2021$76$80

Medians per 750 ml, 2012 to 2021. Vintages with at least five shop sellers and five auction sales.

Vintage	Shop median	Auction median
2012	$138	$71
2013	$160	$76
2014	$140	$78
2015	$97	$71
2016	$105	$75
2017	$97	$68
2018	$100	$74
2019	$99	$75
2020	$95	$64
2021	$80	$76

Per-vintage shop figures leave out stores whose listings do not state a reliable vintage. We quote a median only when at least five sellers or five sales stand behind it.

At auction

We have 3,146 sales with a recorded price, at 31 auction houses, from November 2002 to November 2026. K&L Wines (632 lots), Acker (480) and Spectrum (477) account for the most. The mid-1990s vintages trade most often: the 1997 has 194 recorded sales, the 1996 has 184 and the 1995 has 169.

The yearly auction median has stayed between $72 and $82 since 2019. 2026 already has the most sales of any year, 540 so far.

All vintages, per 750 ml, buyer's premium included. 2026 runs to November 2.

Year	Median	Sales
2012	$50	23 sales
2013	$70	31 sales
2014	$68	71 sales
2015	$69	53 sales
2016	$54	25 sales
2017	$69	58 sales
2018	$67	119 sales
2019	$72	129 sales
2020	$74	238 sales
2021	$82	282 sales
2022	$76	339 sales
2023	$81	297 sales
2024	$75	288 sales
2025	$77	433 sales
2026	$76	540 sales

On restaurant lists

Silver Oak Alexander Valley is on 2,012 restaurant wine lists in our data, collected between January 2025 and November 2026. Almost all of the lists with a known country are in the US. The median list price is $180 a bottle, and half the lists price it between $143 and $220.

Alexander Valley in the Silver Oak range

Silver Oak makes two main Cabernets.

Buying Silver Oak Alexander Valley

Silver Oak sells direct and runs a loyalty program, The Oak Society, which a wine subscription joins you to from the start. Older vintages, back to the 1970s, turn up regularly at auction.

See all Silver Oak wines on the Silver Oak Cellars producer page. See live prices and auction history in Wine Labs market data.

Data methodology: Wine Labs data, November 4, 2026, for "Silver Oak Cellars Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon". Shop prices are live 750 ml offers from online merchants and wine shops, one price per seller per vintage (the lowest), with each chain counted once, and with multi-bottle packs and the winery's own shop left out. Auction prices are sold lots with a recorded result, buyer's premium included, per 750 ml bottle, with mixed lots and flagged outliers left out. Restaurant prices are one bottle price per restaurant. All prices in US dollars. Blends and cellar details are from Silver Oak's product sheets, linked above.