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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.5 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by VAwinelovers on 2/19/2017: Opened and poured immediately with aerator. Strong, classic cigar box and cedar nose. Leathery, chewy. Taste became much smoother over time. All in all, it was a great bottle that still had a lot of its original character. Like Sean Connery as James Bond - still a classic. (2959 views) | | | Tasted by nywine68 on 10/25/2016 & rated 90 points: 1978 California with John Gilman (Craft): Green bell pepper. Lots of fruit left. 1978 Cali Cab Tasting (3286 views) | | | Tasted by mdefreitas on 12/16/2015 & rated 92 points: Ifune in NYC (Frankie & Johnnie's Steakhouse, NYC): A nice, elegant, restrained, svelte Cabernet, but definitely mature, with copious secondary notes. Medium bodied, with nice dried floral notes on the finish. (4216 views) | | | Tasted by mwanasheria on 10/25/2014 & rated 91 points: Still in great shape even if already showing some signs of decline. The nose has just a whiff of oxidation amidst leather, tobacco, underwood. On the palates he same underwood, tobacco, ground coffee, very elegant. A nice afternoon drink. (4233 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 5/11/2013 & rated 92 points: Another Saturday at Knightsbridge - mostly blind (Northbrook, IL): Tasted double blind. charming mature black fruit, some tobacco and leather aromas. Like most tasters today, I immediately thought this from Bordeaux. Elegant and mature lack fruit flavors are well balanced with earthy elements. (6451 views) | | | Tasted by bestdamncab on 1/29/1992 & rated 90 points: 1975-1984 CAYMUS ESTATE VINTAGE TASTING (Walnut Creek, Ca.): Nice, berry fruit, older cabernet nose, more powerful than the 19755, big body, lovely nose and taste, hint of candy, luscious, good acid, pleasant, long finish. (94 views) | | | Tasted by bestdamncab on 11/24/1990 & rated 88 points: Tasting of 11 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignons. With a big, rich, slightly closed nose, medium fruit and soft tannin in the mouth, slightly stemy but good, long finish. My #6 and Group tie #3. (2219 views) |
| 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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