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Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 1999


Cabernet Sauvignon

from Napa Valley, California

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Wine Spectator 95 point ratingWine Spectator 95 point rating
Our Price: $175.00
ratings pedigree (past vintages):
2006
Wine Spectator 2006 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 93 point ratingWine Spectator 2006 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 93 point rating
2005
Wine Spectator 2005 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 94 point ratingWine Spectator 2005 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 94 point rating
The Wine Advocate 2005 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 94 point ratingThe Wine Advocate 2005 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 94 point rating
2004
Wine Enthusiast 2004 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 97 point ratingWine Enthusiast 2004 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 97 point rating
The Wine Advocate 2004 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 96 point ratingThe Wine Advocate 2004 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 96 point rating
2003
The Wine Advocate 2003 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 94 point ratingThe Wine Advocate 2003 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 94 point rating
Wine Spectator 2003 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 93 point ratingWine Spectator 2003 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 93 point rating
The Wine News 2003 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 92 point ratingThe Wine News 2003 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 92 point rating
2002
The Wine News 2002 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 94 point ratingThe Wine News 2002 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 94 point rating
Wine Spectator 2002 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 93 point ratingWine Spectator 2002 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 93 point rating
2001
Wine Spectator 2001 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 95 point ratingWine Spectator 2001 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 95 point rating
2000
Wine Spectator 2000 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 92 point ratingWine Spectator 2000 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 92 point rating
1998
Wine Spectator 1998 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 91 point ratingWine Spectator 1998 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 91 point rating
1997
Wine Spectator 1997 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 95 point ratingWine Spectator 1997 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 95 point rating
Wine & Spirits 1997 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 94 point ratingWine & Spirits 1997 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 94 point rating
1989
Wine Spectator 1989 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 93 point ratingWine Spectator 1989 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 93 point rating
1988
Wine Spectator 1988 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 94 point ratingWine Spectator 1988 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 94 point rating
1987
Wine Spectator 1987 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 98 point ratingWine Spectator 1987 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 98 point rating
1986
Wine Spectator 1986 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 98 point ratingWine Spectator 1986 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 98 point rating
1985
Wine Spectator 1985 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 99 point ratingWine Spectator 1985 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 99 point rating
1984
Wine Spectator 1984 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 98 point ratingWine Spectator 1984 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 98 point rating
1981
Wine Spectator 1981 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 94 point ratingWine Spectator 1981 Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 94 point rating
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winemaker's notes:

In many ways, the 1999 vintage wine made itself. Overnight after crushing, we saw intense color and great concentration in the juice, which only deepened during fermentation and the three-week maceration period. In this vintage, Chris selected 93 percent new French oak barrels, crafted by half a dozen different coopers for additional complexity and nuances of aroma and flavor. The wines aged in barrel for 17 months before we elected to capture the exuberant fruit flavors, the hallmark of this excellent, ripe vintage. I believe the resulting wine defines pure pleasure-and Special Selection's true pedigree.

TASTING NOTES
Color: Opaque, dark black-cherry Nose: Deep, generous aromas of black currants (cassis) and black cherries that promise sweet, mature fruit, interwoven with notes of anise, black licorice and vanilla. Mouth: The wine enters the mouth with an explosive impression of richly ripe fruit, especially black currants and plums. This pure fruit essence forms a solid core that dominates the wine in its evolution in the mouth. Flavors of licorice and toasted spice as well as textural elements from the finely grained tannins and plush, fleshy mouthfeel envelop this core but never overcome it. The fruit flavors deepen and expand as the wine builds to a prolonged, weighty finish. While this wine is delicious today, in my opinion it may not reach a plateau for 20 years or more.

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A Customer - New York
The day this bottle was opened was one of the best days of my life...pretty sad, huh

lgoss1@optonline.net - New York
Worth every penny. For the price, nothing beats Caymus. Great bouqet with a dry, sharp taste.




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