Bruce Cohn purchased the ninety acre Olive Hill Estate Vineyards of Sonoma in 1974 and founded the winery ten years later. This beautiful microclimate features underground hot springs and is surrounded by 140 year old Picholine olive trees imported from France. Sonoma has a limited number of unique geographic areas that provide particular growing conditions like B R Cohn and Benziger that produce both better fruit and distinctive “terroir”. The Silver Label is one hundred percent Cabernet Sauvignon. The grapes came from the estate itself (thence, the fi rst foot down with emphasis in a Mediterranean-infl uenced yet California-specifi c dialectic), as well as from a few select northern vineyards (offering a second, fi rm foundation in regional geography). The wine displays black cherry, cassis, and coffee fl avors with a medium-bodied structure and smooth vanilla fi nish. This is the best Silver Oak Label Cab we have tasted in the last four vintages and, consequently, we recommend it both for current drinking and for cellaring over the next few years.