Caymus Vineyards

This wine has a signature style that is dark in color, with rich fruit and ripe, velvety tannins as approachable in youth as in maturity. Caymus farms Cabernet grapes in eight of Napas 16 sub-appellations, with diversification enabling the winery to make the best possible wine in a given year. This Cabernet offers layered, lush aromas and flavors, including cocoa, cassis and ripe dark berries.

92 PTS WINE SPECTATOR! With all its richness & depth, this bottling defines the Caymus elegance. The flavors are lean, ripe & spicy, with layers of plum, currant, herb & cassis flavors.

NEW RELEASE! This Cabernet is blended from wines from eight of the sixteen sub-appellations.

Our Cabernets are a blend of wines from eight of the sixteen sub-appellations.

Opens up to reveal an earthiness, with brown spice, cigar box and ripe dark fruits that linger; long finish; opulent and rich, yet has a velvety quality with supple density.

This wine exemplifies our style of Cabernet out of a great vintage-deep color, rich, concentrated and balanced. 2012 celebrates 40 years of producing our pride and joy Cabernet Sauvignon.

92 PTS WILFRED WONG. One Napa Valley's top performing wines, the '10 Caymus Special Selection shows power and concentration, yet stays refined and proper; savory, black fruit flavors abounds.

91 PTS WILFRED WONG. Youthful and full of well combined ripe fruit and sweet oak, the formidable '10 Caymus Cabernet underscores why this area of the world is so tremendous with this varietal.

93 PTS WINE SPECTATOR. The '09 Caymus SS is temptingly rich and layered, with complex mocha, plum & wild berry fruit that's spicy & aromatic; full bodied, gaining depth and turning ever more elegant.

91 PTS WINE SPECTATOR. The '09 Caymus Cab is supple and creamy textured, with mocha, ripe plum and cherry flavors that show touches of tobacco, espresso and underbrush; full bodied; elegant.

92 PTS WILFRED WONG. High impact as usual, the full bodied '08 Caymus Cabernet exhibits plenty of fresh fruit flavors to hold up to its generous dollop of sweet oak; leaves a lasting impression.

94 PTS WINE SPECTATOR. The '06 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet has complex, riveting aromas of spice, cola and sassafras that join wild berry, spice, black cherry and sage notes; full-bodied.

94 PTS WINE SPECTATOR. The '05 Caymus Spc Selection is firm, intense, and well structured, with a mix of spicy oak, red & black currant, mineral, sage & dusty berry. Turns elegant and refined.

93 PTS WILFRED WONG. Fully focused on impenetrable black fruit and rock Napa Valley terroir, the '04 Caymus Special Selection is one of California's great Icon wines; a real state treasure!

91 PTS WILFRED WONG. Brooding but not antisocial, the '04 Caymus Cabernet steadies itself on the ultra-premium highway as a wine with the steady flavors of dense black fruit and sweet earth delights.

93 PTS WINE SPECTATOR. The '03 Caymus Cabernet is smooth, rich and seductive, with impeccable balance, great depth and lots of finesse and flavor; keeps a tight focus; long, supple aftertaste.

95-100 PTS WINE SPECTATOR. The '02 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet is ultrarich and plush, with a velvety texture and gobs of saturated currant, plum and black cherry fruit; a tour de force.

95 PTS WINE SPECTATOR. The '01 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet has lots of aromatic complexity, with blackberry, ripe plum, mineral, slate and cedary oak flavors; rich and concentrated; vivid.

California. Dark fruit nose of blackberry and currant that carry through the palate. 14% ABV