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Wine Description
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...
Vintage 1980
The 1980 wine vintage in California was a highly successful, cool-climate year that yielded beautifully elegant Cabernet Sauvignons with fantastic structural harmony and unexpected longevity. A remarkably long and chilly spring delayed the vines' development, which was followed by a temperate summer free of any scorching heatwaves, allowing the grapes across Napa and Sonoma valleys to achieve uniform phenolic maturity very slowly while preserv...
