1980 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (14) Median Score: 91 points

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  3/23/2020 - BeginTheBourgogne Likes this wine:

  This was a 40 year old regular Caymus cabernet sauvignon bottling from back when Randy Dunn was the winemaker and the Caymus style was modeled somewhat on Bordeaux. (Today the style seems to be a late picked fruit blend that drinks better earlier with food). This bottle was decanted for many hours. The initial impression was that of a medium-bodied mature St Julien from a good year, but it was difficult to pinpoint a single lingering flavor. It seemed to change from ‘briary’ to ’sweet cherry’ after a few seconds. Stated alcohol was 13%. No oxidation at all. The tannins were very soft and fine. No discernible oak. Only a trace of sediment. A light red color with a slight brown edge. Bright flavors but only a modest nose, it needs to sit in the glass awhile to develop. All in all, complex and very pleasurable. Pointless to give a numerical rating to an interesting but not ‘big and perfect’ old wine such as this.

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  6/29/2019 - jlgnml Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Coravin for our anniversary dinner. Bright color, good nose, bright fruit flavor vs the Margaux which I described as mature fruit. Both are special and need to be drunk up.

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  6/2/2017 - Venice Al wrote: 83 Points

  Bell pepper, Lipton chicken soup mix and hot pepper nose. Palate is flat and under ripe. Pruney black fruit. Underwhelming!

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  5/30/2015 - hackey37 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Garnet color and translucent with bricking to the edge. The smells are iron, vegetal smells, cherry, and leather. The tastes are sour cherry, raw meat, whiff of pepper, and we'll integrated tannins with a nice tart finish.

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  3/5/2015 - Hodby wrote: 80 Points

  Medium garnet-red color, flecks of floating sediments. Prune-y nose, with black olives, pipe tobacco, spearmint and a musty wood overtone. On arrival, negligible tannin and low acidity. Nice in the mouth, still very Cabernet Sauvignon: olives and roasted cherry-plum fruit, chocolate and vanilla. Sweet-sour finish, a little chalk-y (tannin emerging). What a treat, from a well-stored magnum, upper mid shoulder fill.

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