There are a lot of people who would love this wine for $20. Ruby/purple in color. The nose has sweet cassis with slight coffee. On the palate, the sweet cassis continues. Slight tannins. To some, this wine will be delicious, slightly sweet and great on the back deck. For others, this will be goopy and cloying and not a wine made for cellaring. Both sides are probably correct.
The regular Caymus tends to be a love/hate wine, but the Special Select is a different wine completely and one that just about everyone loves. It is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Inky purple in color, opaque and bright. The nose is great with cassis, blueberries, tobacco and spice. Full bodied. Firm tannins. Dense texture. On the palate, this is deep with cassis and spice. Long finish. Delicious. This is still showing young and while drinking well now, another five years in the cellar would help it out. Either way, drink over the next fifteen to twenty years.
Wow. Dark purple in color, to the rim. What a great nose. The kind of nose one could just sniff all evening. Cassis, graphite, slight chocolate, slight cedar and slight spice. The nose itself it big but not overblown. On the palate, the texture is gorgeous. Seamless, velvety and round yet muscular enough. Layers of fruit tightly layered with chocolate and slight dry earth. Complex and deep. Dee-licious. Gulpable but then it demands attention. Medium tannins. Long finish. This will require bigger foods and meat but this is a classic Napa Cab to just drink by itself. It is that
