Meyer "Fluffy Billows" Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Alcohol: 13.7%

Grape(s): 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Location: Oakville, Napa Valley, California

Tasting Notes: It boasts a combination of spicy cherry and cassis notes on the nose with blackberry and plum on the palate. Complex notes of cedar and cooking spice mingle elegantly with the abundant fruit. Right through its long finish, bright acidity balances the whole framework of fruit and tannin

The Domain: Bonny and Justin founded Silver Oak Cellars together with their financial partner, Ray Duncan in 1972. Always a labor of love, Silver Oak’s inaugural vintage was crushed that fall a week after Justin and Bonny returned from their honeymoon. Justin oversaw winemaking and managed burgeoning Franciscan Vineyards, purchased by the partners in 1975. A couple of years after the partners sold Franciscan, Justin left and took over primary management duties at Silver Oak. Always part of the management team, Bonny focused on PR, marketing, and package and facility design. The original Silver Oak and Meyer Family Port labels both won design awards, as did the Oakville Silver Oak winery when it was completed in 1982. Today Bonny is a principal of Meyer Family Enterprises, investor in the financial markets, commercial property, and green technologies. She is a strategic philanthropist and a community activist. She loves to sail, play guitar and sing with friends.

In addition to household chores, Matt and Karen Meyer share the winemaking duties at Meyer Family Cellars. They may spend most of their waking time together now, but they arrived at this point in their careers having followed very different paths.
 
Matt Meyer
From an early age, Matt's goal was to be a winegrower like his father Justin.  He spent much of his time in the vineyard and cellar at Silver Oak after school and working various jobs during the summer. Matt spent a couple years gaining experience at internships in Oregon, Australia and New Zealand.  He also did one semester abroad at Adelaide University enrolled in this wine studies program.  The passion he developed for wine led him to the University of California, Davis, where he was awarded a Masters in Viticulture.  After this he moved to the Anderson Valley and started making wine with his father at the family’s new property.
 
Karen Meyer
Karen was born and raised in Perth, Western Australia. After doing a harvest in Margaret River to learn more about the process, she was hooked on wine. She completed a degree in enology at Charles Stuart University, then spent the next few years working harvests around the world. Karen worked in the four distinct regions of Australia, did one harvest in France and spent three years in New Zealand.  In 1999 Matt and Karen met in Oregon while working the crush in the Willamette Valley.  In 2004 they would work together again in New Zealand after which point Karen moved to the Anderson Valley.