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Manage Subscriptions1991 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon Special Selection
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
Community Tasting Notes 70
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vinopunk Likes this wine: 89 points
February 14, 2024 - Good fill level but cork was fully saturated and took a couple tries to remove cleanly. Very drinkable, but thin, with little complexity. I think this particular bottle was well past its prime unfortunately.
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Nswalls Likes this wine: 95 points
December 25, 2023 - Still going strong, but definitely on the backside of it's life. As round and smooth a mouth feel as anything I've had. Mostly secondary and tertiary but there is still some brambly fruit present. Very slight bricking, nose of muted roses , two minute finish with elegant tannins still providing a frame for the wine.
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toppcats@aol.com Likes this wine: 95 points
June 10, 2023 - PnP. Cork saturated to 3/4 without any apparent seepage. Dark garnet color. Nose - aromatic and complex, dark cherry with hints of camphor, dark chocolate, and tobacco. Palate - also complex, with dark cherry and plum flavor predominant with touch of camphor and black licorice. Medium - full bodied. Soft/resolved tannins, smooth mouthfeel, long pleasant finish.
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ikkaariainen Likes this wine: 95 points
July 31, 2022 - Highly recommend. In a superb spot right now - drink or hold, leaning heavily on the drink as no further upside expected with further cellaring but with proper cellaring this still has years to go. Decanted about 2 hours and that was about right. Dark purple, no bricking, softening mouth feel, surprisingly complex, full bodied, oak and tannins well integrated and a lovely very long linfering aftertaste noted. Nose aromatic and dark with dark fruit, kirsch, orange peel and coffee. Flavor profile classic high end Napa cab with dark fruit, black currant, black cherry and blackberry giving way to blueberry, leather, coffee and tobacco.
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mclanew Likes this wine: 96 points
March 26, 2022 - Decanted for one hour. Really terrific. Lovely bordeaux type nose with black cherry, earth and a little tobacco. The wine is fully mature, wonderfully balance, showing none of the excessiveness of modern day caymus. Deep, pure and complex, flavors of black currant, camphor, cigar box and underbrush come through. Finishes nice and long. A great wine from a great vintage.
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By Stephen Tanzer
Vintage Retrospective: 1991 Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (Jul 2018), 7/18/2018 (link)(Caymus Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Special Selection Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
9/11/2013 (link) 93 points(Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon Special Selection) Bricking dark red violet color; mature, tobacco, stewed black fruit, coffee, mint nose; mature, stewed black fruit, coffee, mint palate with largely resolved tannins; medium-plus finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1991
- Type Red
- Producer Caymus
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation Special Selection
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Napa Valley
- UPC Code 017224707110
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 1 (0%)
- In Cellars 1,084 (61%)
- Consumed 688 (39%)
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- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationNapa Valley
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