2012 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon Special Selection
Community Tasting Note
I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine Likes this wine:
Monday, July 20, 2020 - Poured a glass using a corvin. Let sit for an hour and drank over the course of the next hour.
Initial nose of perfume, violets, blackberry, chocolate and sweet toasted oak (love the nose). The palate initially showed gobs of integrated black fruits (current, plum and blackberries) and wood, both intertwined with chocolate, coffee, tobacco and a hint of anise. Finish is long, and fruit remains prominent with hints toasted oak on the end of the finish.
After an hour, nose is the same, and fruit is even more integrated, with a little alcohol starting to show mid palate (not enough to be annoying or detract from the wine). Wood is less pronounced and tannins are still silky as ever. This wine is a treat, and I know it is polarizing, but I sure do not understand why....this is a very enjoyable wine to drink, alone or with food. Easily 95+ (and I feel like I am being conservative). Enjoy now or later. Personally, I do not think a decant is needed, as it will evolve in the glass (with the caveat that if you are pressed for time, decant 1-2 hours). Still has a lot of life left, no hurry on this.
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Comment posted by Arch57:
7/23/2020 6:36:00 PM - I did some quick research and I think the regular bottling is much more "polarizing" than the SS. From the CT notes only 4% of the tasting notes on the SS are 89 or below whereas the regular 40th anniversary bottling has a whopping 25% of the notes at 89 or below.
I have had a few very good SS bottles of other vintages and hope the one bottle I have in my cellar is as good as your experience.
Cheers!
Comment posted by I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine:
7/24/2020 6:14:00 AM - I am sure it will be! 2012 seems more fruit driven than past vintages, but still has the distinctive Caymus oak and velvety tannins. virtually no heat on the SS (which is a plus for me). I love the 12, but some complain it lacks complexity (which I attribute to their own definition of complexity, i.e., not layers of evolving changes in the flavor profile, which, I agree is more subtle than many other wines, but also posit that Caymus comes up with a distinct flavor that shows complexity, rather than layers of other flavors, i.e., their flavors are more integrated, IMO). IN any event, it is a more fruit driven wine, and if that is in line with your palate, you will have an excellent experience with the wine. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do....Cheers to you too!