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  • Country ranking ?

    369
  • Producer ranking ?

    19
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Game

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The Story

The Wagners produced their first Cabernet Sauvignon – “Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon” -- from the 1972 vintage.  Their first Special Selection, from outstanding Cabernet Sauvignon lots given extended barrel aging, was made from the 1975 vintage.

The Wagners’ 60 acres of estate vineyard remain at the core of Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon, but Chuck Wagner believes that much is gained in complexity and layering of flavors by not restricting frui...

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Wine Information

The Caymus 2009 Special Selection is one of my favorite wines which we have produced.
A great vintage that provided full ripeness at the doorstep of winter. Hang time brought our grape clusters to a soft velvet in the palm, the berries slightly weeping with consistent ripe intensity from the skin to the pith. 2009 was a year that one could literally feel the clusters readiness.
Lot by lot, we took our time addressing the decisions of cold ...

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Tasting note

color

Full

nose

Intense

taste

Elegant

Written Notes

Dark, almost purple, intense of licorice, coffee, cassis and blackberries, massive nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, easier palate, long finish. 93

  • 93p

"nice nose of black cherry, great body and presence, a fruit bomb with tons of black fruit but very pleasing- 93"   A mild surprise, but the Caymus played with the big boys.

  • 93p
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Origin

California, Napa Valley
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