We had a gathering of friends at our farm this past weekend so I grilled a venison tenderloin from last fall hunt and a Wagu #4 Beef tenderloin and op ened a 3 liter of Caymus SS that I bought from the winery on release. I ty pically open large format bottles and pour them into a magnum decanter to m ake service easier. The wine was still quite dark purple in the glass. Th e nose was a little tight at first but opened quickly showing cassis, black coffee,smoke with a bit of mint and a slight stemmy note. Smooth and supp le on the palate the original concentration on release had faded a bit but the wine was delicious and balanced. Blackberry, currants, black pepper an d mint. Pretty nice showing for a wine that never disappoints.
2002 Caymus SS (3L)
Jun 21, 2016
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a venison tenderloin from last fall hunt and a Wagu #4 Beef tenderloin and opened a 3 liter of Caymus SS that I bought from the winery on release. I
I dont know Caymus, but it sounded familiar, so I looked it up. Turns out o ne of my cellartracker feed about beringers private reserve mentioned it, "ahead of both the 2005 and 2006 Caymus Special selections but behind the c ontinuum and the scarecrow. ", which when I read it, sounded like an encryp ted message. On top of that I notice the address is "Conn creek rd." Which is familiar w ords, since Conn Creek Cab Sauv. is a pretty good wine. Turns out also that Caymus SS is available in DK for 190$. and their normal cab sauv. is 120$. Its over my general range.
d a venison tenderloin from last fall hunt and a Wagu #4 Beef tenderloin an d opened a 3 liter of Caymus SS that I bought from the winery on release. I
one of my cellartracker feed about beringers private reserve mentioned it, "ahead of both the 2005 and 2006 Caymus Special selections but behind the continuum and the scarecrow. ", which when I read it, sounded like an encr ypted message.
words, since Conn Creek Cab Sauv. is a pretty good wine.
al cab sauv. is 120$. Its over my general range.
Caymus is an iconic Napa Valley winery well known to the American wine afic ionado's since the 1970's. Frankly I don't think Continuum or Scarecrow co me close to Caymus except perhaps in price but that's just my opinion.
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