Caymus Special Selection 1975-1986+
San Francisco, Ca.
Tasted Wednesday, March 13, 1991 by bestdamncab with 105 views
Introduction
Charlie and Chuck hosted this tasting.
Flight 1 - $200 Tasting and Dinner. (12 Notes)
Exciting, lovely wine, great food, and lots of fun.
Closing
Glad I cellared 200 bottles of Caymus.
1975 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon Special Selection 96 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Nice cabernet berry nose with hint of burnt toast, pleasant, nice, open cabernet fruit, nice, medium finish but great aftertaste.
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1984 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon Special Selection 95 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Rich, almost forwward fruit, very elegant and very fruity on the palate, well balnced, chocolate taste, velvet taste, big body, great wine.
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1980 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon Special Selection 93 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Great, rich fruit on the nose, nice slightly burnt wood in the mouth, great sour taste, nice finish and aftertaste.
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1985 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon Special Selection 91 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Rich, slightly hot berry fruit, slightly veggie and weedy, elegant, structured, big body, needs time.
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1981 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon Special Selection 90 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Slightly close, burnt fruit, opened nicely, hints of charred wood and berry like fruit, sweet/sour fruit, with slightly barky taste, medium/long finish and aftertaste.
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1986 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon Special Selection 93 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Rich, brooding fruit, woody nose, then turns to cherry nose, cherry vanilla fruit, great stemy, veggie, weedy taste, needs time, very elegant.
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1980 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon 90 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Rich, almost overrripe fruit on the nose, rich bottle bouquet, fruit at peak, 2 years past peak, long berry finish, and aftertaste.
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1978 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon Special Selection 89 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Slightly closed with off putting nose, good mouthfeel but slightly less fruity than peers tonight, nice finish and aftertaste with slight tannins.
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1983 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon Special Selection 89 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Ripe berry fruit, better drinking than most tonight, elegant, well balanced, but medium body and medium finish.
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1976 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon Special Selection 86 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Rich, musty, fruity, bottle bouquet, shows signs of age on nose, at peak, velvety, elegant, medium/big body, nice finish and aftertaste.
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1979 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon Special Selection 85 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Rich, angular fruit, nice, open, fruity, lacks elegance, but extremely well balanced, great length on the finish, and on the aftertaste.
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1982 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon Special Selection 81 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Slightly closed, dusty nose, hint of alcohol on the fruit, opens slightly better and better, soft cabernet fruit, well balanced, almost medium/big body, medium finish and aftertaste.
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