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| | Vintage | 2012 |  Label 1 of 1531 
 | | Type | Red | | Producer | Caymus (web) | | Variety | Cabernet Sauvignon | | Designation | 40th Anniversary | | Vineyard | n/a | | Country | USA | | Region | California | | SubRegion | Napa Valley | | Appellation | Napa Valley | | UPC Code(s) | 017224312109, 017224412106, 017224531210, 017224706106, 017224710103, 017224712046, 017224712107, 017224712626, 017224717133, 017224720102, 017224778707, 017224794103, 040951375116, 091882394790, 2108623412106, 3015784712107, 6069111712107, 636981001080, 739958057308, 8031327000031, 8077831712107, 977224712920 |
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| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.6 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 1987 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Zinlady on 3/29/2024 & rated 94 points: Much improved. Deep chewy. Dark. Not as heavy fills your mouth will last a long time (2250 views) | | | Tasted by cabsrgreat on 3/20/2024 & rated 94 points: Lots of negative reviews when released, but this is great now! Smooth tannins, cherry. Agree that it is a crowd pleaser and truly enjoyable. Wish I had more! (2630 views) | | | Tasted by jeginmt on 2/8/2024 & rated 94 points: There so many reviews of this wine, I will be brief. It's a powerful wine, excellent in all respects, with rich fruit balanced by medium strength tannins and acidity. It can stand many more years in the cellar. (3871 views) | | | Tasted by winelover1808 on 2/4/2024 & rated 92 points: mega crowd pleaser. tons of cherry fruit; no hard edges; more medium bodied; sweet red fruit with good acidity; decent finish; i loved the Leoville barton 2000 we had next to this but the crowd favored this by quite a large margin (3620 views) | | | Tasted by nrjessup on 2/4/2024 & rated 89 points: Dark garnet in color with cranberry and cocoa notes on the nose. Medium bodied with a ripe jammy undertone. Somewhat monotone and unstructured.
(3016 views) | | | Tasted by NSuri on 2/3/2024 & rated 94 points: Excellent Cabernet! Wish I had bought more! Was definitely ready to drink but not past its prime. (2745 views) | | | Tasted by Angle Gold on 2/3/2024 & rated 92 points: Heavy vanilla notes have worn off, still a little jam but plenty of life left in the bottle. May be more enjoyable without food. (2189 views) | | | Tasted by Rieslingfan on 2/1/2024: Served blind by the host at our monthly tasting group, this was far and away the last place wine of the night. It smelled pretty good, but on the palate was a distracting, cloying sweetness, and a caramel sugar flavor that was better suited to toddlers' ice cream toppings than fine wine. Oh how far the once mighty Caymus has fallen. Disgusting plus! (1783 views) | | | Tasted by Tlkemp57@yahoo.com on 1/28/2024 & rated 93 points: Needs some time to open up. Very smooth and soft, delicate fruit, almost dainty but holds up to a big steak. Well worth saving. Four more to go.... (2020 views) | | | Tasted by CDub from the OC on 1/23/2024 & rated 95 points: Like many CalCab drinkers, I have quite a few Caymus’s in the cellar. And like some of my friends, I had stopped drinking it - overly sweet and blah.
So today is a Tuesday, my favorite night to Wine Not, and I decided to pull this. OMG what a difference! Blackberry, tart red cherry and mushroom on the nose. The cloying sweetness? Gone. And is that a touch of anise in there? Mellow black and red fruit on the pallet, much more balanced than before. And the tannins! Smooth, and long long long with gentle touch of …vanilla? I mean the tannins are still rolling while I type this.
Maybe 12 years in the bottle was what this wine needed. (PS, I’m a tough grader). (2017 views) | | | Tasted by alanmspieg on 1/8/2024 & rated 80 points: My last bottle. Decanted it on 1/8/24 for two hours. Went to try before dinner and it had lost all of its fruit, no tannin or structure left. Too bad, because it was a great wine in its prime. (2776 views) | | | Tasted by mowtod on 1/1/2024 & rated 90 points: Beautiful cab, drinking well now with tenderloin steak (2258 views) | | | Tasted by wine-os on 12/31/2023: Excellent! (2034 views) | | | Tasted by bestdamncab on 12/27/2023 & rated 95 points: Finished the last one third of the bottle tonight, nose of black berry, black currant, and black cherry, vanilla and juicy fruit has resolved itself and become typical Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon, big body, rich, mouth filling fruit, a tad less rich than last night, and a long, long, lovely finish and flavorful aftertaste. (2484 views) | | | Tasted by bestdamncab on 12/26/2023 & rated 97 points: Nose of black berry, black currant, and black cherry, vanilla and juicy fruit are now gone, rich, ripe, fruity, great expression of Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, big body, mouth filling fruit, and a long, long, lovely finish and flavorful aftertaste. (2312 views) | | | Tasted by hailcesare on 12/25/2023 & rated 92 points: Had on Christmas 2023 with in-laws. Great nose, full and silky. Not the best of the Caymus vintages I’ve had but certainly still very solid. (1862 views) | | | Tasted by nrjessup on 12/9/2023 & rated 90 points: Black cherry and dark fruit notes on nose and palette. Fruit forward but certainly mellowing out. It has a cherry cola finish. Not for everyone. (2899 views) | | | Tasted by amcarl28@gmail.com on 12/1/2023 & rated 97 points: The star of the night. Smooth and flavorful. (2976 views) | | | Tasted by rjfix on 11/20/2023 & rated 90 points: Great fruit, nice Napa style, fruit forward, mild oak (3458 views) | | | Tasted by Mari and Kaveh on 11/20/2023: A2 (3308 views) | | | Tasted by RBaird on 11/18/2023: To St John For Thanksgiving Nov 2023 (2899 views) | | | Tasted by wa2ofd on 11/17/2023: Black fruit, inky. Still very nice, but not a light drinker. (2446 views) | | | Tasted by lfbaum on 11/15/2023 & rated 92 points: Nicely oaked and balanced. Drinking well now. (2495 views) | | | Tasted by VinhoVerde on 11/11/2023 & rated 93 points: Deep red color. Fragrant spicy oak and jammy fruit bouquet. On the palate, massive fruit extract and warm. Almost liqueur-like. Modest tannins lurking underneath, but the fruit totally dominates. Long finish.
I know, the Caymus style Cabernet is somewhat controversial, but to me, it’s one that should be considered in the mainstream of the region as the microclimate can easily produces it. However, I understand you may not like it.This is an excellent representation of that style.
Drink now or over the next 3-4 years. (2272 views) | | | Tasted by cab blends on 10/28/2023 & rated 95 points: NOT BLIND
A beautiful accompaniment to the World Cup Rugby final between the All Blacks and Springboks!. SA because the undisputed champions of global rugby with a 4th win! Stunning - now back to wine.
This is still doing very well. The overt blackberry and red fruit nose is gone and the body is also still fruity but no longer over the top. (I like both versions though) It is still full bodied and if you are into powerhouse fruity cabs (like me at times) I might guess this has 2 or 3 more years max left at this level. Still a great wine with cheese and crackers (biscuits in the US)
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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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