Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 2008

  • 98 James
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  • 94 Robert
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  • 94 Wine
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  • 92 Connoisseurs'
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Product Details


Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2008

Size
750ML

ABV
15.4%

Features
Collectible

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Winemaker Notes

The 1991 vintage of this wine was ranked #2 on the Wine Spectator's Top 10 Wines of 1995

The highly sought-after Caymus Special Selection isn't called "special" for nothing. This collectible wine is produced using select barrels of the finest Cabernet Sauvignon of the vintage.

After tasting the 2008, we think it might actually be better than the heralded 2007 vintage. Plush, seductive, silky and complex - everything you want from this blue chip wine.

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Professional Ratings

  • 98
    This is mind-blowing on the nose with sweet tobacco, chocolate, cedar, cigar box, and licorice. Full-bodied and round with a bright and velvety tannin structure. Starts off slow, but then flies away. This is fabulous. Intense finish. Delicious today, but will be even better after 2013.
  • 94
    The 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Special Selection is the first example of this cuvee to include Merlot (about 14%) in the blend. The Merlot component has given the wine a cocoa/chocolate nuance to its black currant, licorice-infused fruit. The tannins are velvety soft and the wine is beautifully textured and full-bodied. It is ideal for drinking now and over the next 15 years.
  • 94
    Beautifully crafted, rich, intense and powerful, yet supple, graceful and polished, offering a generous core of spicy blackberry, black licorice, wild berry and light cedary notes. Full-bodied and expressive, this is both approachable now and sure to improve for several years. Drink now through 2020.
  • 92
    In the full-blown style adopted by this wine some time ago, this newest version is rich, deep, full of concentrated black cherry and currant aromas and filled out at every stop by creamy, caramelly oakiness that might have been a bother if the fruit were not so very convincing. Full in body, fleshy in feel, viscous to the max on the palate, this wine is no shrinking violet, and while there will be those who find it somewhat over the top, it will be welcomed as a first-rate success by those who like a little heft in their wines. It is sure to reward years of cellaring.

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2015
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2014
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2013
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2012
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2011
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2010
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2009
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2007
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2006
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  • 94 Wine
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2005
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2004
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2003
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  • 93 Wine
    Spectator
  • 93 Wine
    Enthusiast
  • 93 Wilfred
    Wong
  • 91 Wine &
    Spirits
  • 90 Connoisseurs'
    Guide
2002
  • 96 Robert
    Parker
  • 91 Wine
    Enthusiast
  • 91 Connoisseurs'
    Guide
2001
  • 96 Robert
    Parker
  • 93 Wine
    Spectator
  • 93 Wine
    Enthusiast
2000
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  • 92 Wine
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1999
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  • 90 Robert
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1998
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1997
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1995
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  • 90 Robert
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1994
  • 95 Robert
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  • 93 Wine
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1992
  • 94 Robert
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  • 90 Wine
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1991
  • 99 Wine
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1990
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  • 93 Wine
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1989
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1988
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1987
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1986
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1985
  • 99 Wine
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1984
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1983
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1982
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1981
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1980
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Learn about Caymus: the history of the winery and its famed Cabernet Sauvignon.

History of Caymus


In 1972, Chuck Wagner started Caymus Vineyards with his parents, Charlie and Lorna, with a humble plan and an uncharted future. The Wagner family were farmers with deep roots in the Napa Valley – in 1857, Chuck Wagner’s great-great grandfather captained a wagon train to California from Bible Grove, Missouri. Working together for decades, Chuck Wagner and his parents established the family’s work ethic, appetite for innovation, down-to-earth sensibility, and deep appreciation of the pleasures of good food and wine enjoyed with family and friends.

Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon


Today, Caymus Cabernet is one of Napa Valley’s most celebrated wines. Made from grapes farmed in 8 of Napa Valley’s 16 appellations, the wine has a signature style that is dark in color, with rich fruit and ripe tannins – as approachable in youth as it is in maturity. Chuck Wagner continues to make two world-renowned Cabernet Sauvignons – Caymus Napa Valley and Caymus Special Selection. Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon is the only wine in the world to be honored twice as Wine Spectator magazine’s "Wine of the Year" for the 1984 and 1990 vintages.
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One of the most prestigious wines of the world capable of great power and grace, Napa Valley Cabernet is a leading force in the world of fine, famous, collectible red wine. Today the Napa Valley and Cabernet Sauvignon are so intrinsically linked that it is difficult to discuss one without the other. But it wasn’t until the 1970s that this marriage came to light; sudden international recognition rained upon Napa with the victory of the Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars 1973 Cabernet Sauvignon in the 1976 Judgement of Paris.

Cabernet Sauvignon undoubtedly dominates Napa Valley today, covering half of the land under vine, commanding the highest prices per ton and earning the most critical acclaim. Cabernet Sauvignon’s structure, acidity, capacity to thrive in multiple environs and ability to express nuances of vintage make it perfect for Napa Valley where incredible soil and geographical diversity are found and the climate is perfect for grape growing. Within the Napa Valley lie many smaller sub-AVAs that express specific characteristics based on situation, slope and soil—as a perfect example, Rutherford’s famous dust or Stags Leap District's tart cherry flavors.

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