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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.8 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by happyhyrax on 12/24/2023: In very good condition. Elegant, medium bodied. Quite tertiary. Acidity and fruit still there though. Doesn’t taste like a 48 year old wine. Has probably lost some character but still a lovely wine. (664 views) | | | Tasted by cos65 on 5/23/2020: Deep colored, moderate sediment.
Rich leathery dried cherry flavors
This bottle is in fantastic shape and drinking perfectly. (2564 views) | | | Tasted by Tantamnt on 5/21/2016 & rated 95 points: One of the greatest Cabs of the decade in my experience. While many of this vintage were a bit light and thin s few such as Caymus and come of the Phelps were my favorites for long term aging. This $7 Cabernet at 41 years old was amazing. Tobacco and cab fruit overlay a firm core of fruit, tannin and the necessary acidity to allow this to develop into an impressive wine. Seductive nose that kept changing and inviting you back for more. On the palate the flavor was complex long and assertive. In the glass the nose and palate continued to develop for about an hour in big Riedel glasses before they started to fade. About 15 minutes decanting before serving. (6283 views) | | | Tasted by SLOFred on 10/26/2015 & rated 92 points: Classic 70's Cali Cab. Really nice wine, well preserved, dark fruit on palate, shockingly preserved for a Cali Cab. I agree with prior note, not going to go past 2020. If you have any, drink now. I would recommend putting bottle upright for 2 weeks, decant with flashlight or candle and drink after the one hour decant. (6248 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 2/21/2015 & rated 94 points: Lightly bricking very dark red violet color; maturing, tart plum, black currant, light menthol nose; silky textured, classic, rich, ripe black currant, tart blackberry palate with years to go yet; long finish (13% alcohol) (371 views) | | | Tasted by bestdamncab on 3/12/1994 & rated 93 points: Lovely nose of dark cherry fruit and wood, more of the same on the palate, approaching its peak, great rich wine, hints of tannins on the finish. (7854 views) | | | Tasted by bestdamncab on 1/29/1992 & rated 98 points: 1975-1984 CAYMUS ESTATE VINTAGE TASTING (Walnut Creek, Ca.): Richer berry fruit than the 1978, nice, older, fruitier, richer, very sweet fruit, pretty fruit, big body, long finish, slightly angular fruit. (116 views) | | | Tasted by MicklethePickle on 9/16/1988 & rated 91 points: With MPL and BLR at Singer & Foy. Very rich ruby. Very mellow yet rich,nicely aged cabernet nose. Is there slight vegetation, or is it my imagination? Very nice flavors. Tannins are gone. Light-medium body. Touch of mint in the finish. Perfect now. 5-11-17-8: 91/00. (6361 views) |
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RJonWine.com (2/21/2015)
(Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon) Lightly bricking very dark red violet color; maturing, tart plum, black currant, light menthol nose; silky textured, classic, rich, ripe black currant, tart blackberry palate with years to go yet; long finish (13% alcohol) 94 points |
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| Caymus Producer website Cabernet SauvignonCabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every winegrowing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood.
Used as frequently in blends as in varietal wines, Cabernet Sauvignon has a large number of common blending partners. Apart from the obvious Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the most prevalent of these are Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenere (the ingredients of a classic Bordeaux Blend), Shiraz (in Australia's favorite blend) and in Spain and South America, a Cabernet – Tempranillo blend is now commonplace. Even the bold Tannat-based wines of Madiran are now generally softened with Cabernet SauvignonUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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