My mom cannot drink much, but she finds caymus to be smooth. My husband and I personally enjoy collecting the old world wines, but being raised in California, I try to collect Napa wines too & when my mama liked Caymus, I bought a whole bunch! I wanted to age our caymus, but it's good to know that it's better to drink em young! Thank you for your work. I am binge watching haha
Okay, we just had ours, Caymus taste so different from the ones we had years before 🤔 Ya, it is smooth and velvety, but I think it has gotten sweet-ish is my personal opinion. I also started to think this isn't a wine you can age, or will it be better aged? Idk what is what but i have some bottles left, so i will need to figure it out!
At this point, all Caymus 2014 or older should be drunken now. In my judgement, they do not even last 10 years. And, they do not benefit from aging with the exception of the 2016.
Hey Mr. D, love ur videos. Quick question about how vintages work. So when it says on the bottle the vintage is 2020, does that mean they were picked in the 2018 growing season?
Hey, just found your channel! Great content and lot’s of good info. I, like you, love Napa CS but must say I personally didn’t enjoy Caymus CS apparently as much as you do. Found it to be sort of a “ fruit bomb” ! $80 for this is kind of crazy, I must say….IMHO. On the other hand, opened a bottle of 2019 Duckhorn Cabernet Sauvignon and it was amazing!! Bought a bottle of their Three Palms Merlot and look forward to trying it!
The difference between Caymus 18, 19 and 20 is little. None of them is sweet. They are all dry by WSET standards. In my opinion 2018 was best, followed by 2020. But the consistency in production is impressive. It is very difficult to tell the difference, even for experienced wine raters.
@@decantswithd I wonder if we had a bad bottle because our Caymus 2020 was sweet and we have never encountered sweetness to that degree of any Caymus vintage. Appreciate the reply and I’m glad you didn’t have the same experience. I’m assuming the properties of a 1L bottle should be identical to the properties of the 750 ml bottle. I’ll revisit and see if it was a bad bottle and hopefully not a bad batch. All the best D! 🍷
@Everything Christian Valentine more and more Caymus is going for that overripe fruit bomb that is appreciated by mass markets. It has lost any sense of earthiness/terroir, and has very little complexity. Mass-marketing is the decline of any wine.
@@paulskalsky4296 Appreciate the honesty. I have a few friends who used to drink Caymus weekly and they’ve removed themselves from Caymus. It would be interesting to know when they first decided to make the change. The vintage price before the switch would be more valued and definitely a treat for those who appreciated the true Caymus wine!
I always wanted to know when you buy a certain wine how long it should be age, how do you know some can be aged for a year, a few years or even decades??
It depends on the Tannins structure in the wine. With aging the wine looses fruit flavors and freshness. But aging brings down the tannins and acidity. A high tannins and high acid red wine, such as a Barolo, ages for decades and is best drinkable when the tannins are still slightly present.
I've had many vintages of caymus and it just never does it for me. it is objectively recipe winemaking and just doesn't come close to grand cru bordeaux
I understand your point. However, 80% of wine drinkers (mostly novices) love it. And I was very positively surprised about the 2020. You probably saw that in my reaction in the video.
My mom cannot drink much, but she finds caymus to be smooth. My husband and I personally enjoy collecting the old world wines, but being raised in California, I try to collect Napa wines too & when my mama liked Caymus, I bought a whole bunch!
I wanted to age our caymus, but it's good to know that it's better to drink em young!
Thank you for your work. I am binge watching haha
Okay, we just had ours, Caymus taste so different from the ones we had years before 🤔
Ya, it is smooth and velvety, but I think it has gotten sweet-ish is my personal opinion.
I also started to think this isn't a wine you can age, or will it be better aged? Idk what is what but i have some bottles left, so i will need to figure it out!
At this point, all Caymus 2014 or older should be drunken now.
In my judgement, they do not even last 10 years.
And, they do not benefit from aging with the exception of the 2016.
Just cracked open my first 2020 this weekend. It was excellent. A pleasure in every drink.
Great video, D!
You make me smile every Sunday. ☺️
That’s the point Michael! Keep on smiling and drink good wine.
Hey Mr. D, love ur videos. Quick question about how vintages work. So when it says on the bottle the vintage is 2020, does that mean they were picked in the 2018 growing season?
No, the year on the bottle is the year the wine was harvested.
I just bought 7 bottles of 2020 Caymus Cab at a grocery in Indianapolis, Indiana for 19.99 on closeout
Wow
Appropriately priced…
Great video D ! I am enjoying a very pleasant Saint Emilion Grand Cru while watching this. I must make an effort to find some Caymus to try.
It’s worth it John
Caymus has become quite pedestrian, there are plenty of better Cabernets from Napa and Sonoma.
Why?
Hey, just found your channel! Great content and lot’s of good info. I, like you, love Napa CS but must say I personally didn’t enjoy Caymus CS apparently as much as you do. Found it to be sort of a “ fruit bomb” ! $80 for this is kind of crazy, I must say….IMHO. On the other hand, opened a bottle of 2019 Duckhorn Cabernet Sauvignon and it was amazing!! Bought a bottle of their Three Palms Merlot and look forward to trying it!
The 2020 vintage happens to be the sweetest Camus to date. We were shocked as our expectations from previous vintages weren’t near sweet.
The difference between Caymus 18, 19 and 20 is little. None of them is sweet. They are all dry by WSET standards.
In my opinion 2018 was best, followed by 2020.
But the consistency in production is impressive. It is very difficult to tell the difference, even for experienced wine raters.
@@decantswithd I wonder if we had a bad bottle because our Caymus 2020 was sweet and we have never encountered sweetness to that degree of any Caymus vintage. Appreciate the reply and I’m glad you didn’t have the same experience. I’m assuming the properties of a 1L bottle should be identical to the properties of the 750 ml bottle. I’ll revisit and see if it was a bad bottle and hopefully not a bad batch. All the best D! 🍷
@Everything Christian Valentine more and more Caymus is going for that overripe fruit bomb that is appreciated by mass markets. It has lost any sense of earthiness/terroir, and has very little complexity. Mass-marketing is the decline of any wine.
@@paulskalsky4296 Appreciate the honesty. I have a few friends who used to drink Caymus weekly and they’ve removed themselves from Caymus. It would be interesting to know when they first decided to make the change. The vintage price before the switch would be more valued and definitely a treat for those who appreciated the true Caymus wine!
I always wanted to know when you buy a certain wine how long it should be age, how do you know some can be aged for a year, a few years or even decades??
It depends on the Tannins structure in the wine.
With aging the wine looses fruit flavors and freshness. But aging brings down the tannins and acidity.
A high tannins and high acid red wine, such as a Barolo, ages for decades and is best drinkable when the tannins are still slightly present.
Need to get a mic.
Garbage or great, you decide. Very popular. The McDonald's of cab from Napa.
Thank you for this 2020 vs 2019 Caymus comparison special show. It is my favorite Napa Cabernet. A 5.0 is a great rating. I will get some.
Gregory, get 6, you won’t regret it!
like your content -please get a microphone and make the sound more pleasant.
Thanks for another enjoyable topic. Caymus has been a bit polarizing, but we're going to jump in and try it!
Yes, about 20% hate it, 80% love it.
Caymus is the embodiment of everything wrong with the American wine market.
That’s the 20% opinion, 80% of the wine drinkers love it. I see both sides.
@Dietmar Ostermann so 80% buy into the hype. Caymus has been marketed for the masses, just like other mass production wines.
Love your show! I have a 2018 caymus and was wondering your thoughts on if it is ready to drink now or should I wait a tick longer to try it?
You can drink it now, it’s excellent
No smoke taint for 2020 Caymus?
No, nothing
I've had many vintages of caymus and it just never does it for me. it is objectively recipe winemaking and just doesn't come close to grand cru bordeaux
I understand your point.
However, 80% of wine drinkers (mostly novices) love it.
And I was very positively surprised about the 2020. You probably saw that in my reaction in the video.
Sounds like they managed any smoke taint.
Avoided or made it go away
I tried and too sweet. Very overpriced and overrated. Tasted like juiced raisins/prunes.
I'll take Duckhorn over Caymus!
Duckhorn is very good, the Merlot is the category leader