Wine Expert Tastes Caymus Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
- Tired of the Caymus hype and its hefty price tag? In this video, we put Caymus to the ultimate test - a blind taste test against 3 hidden gem wines! Big Hammer Wines Owner and Wine Expert, Greg Martellotto tasted it and the results are sure to surprise you. There's a whole world of delicious wines beyond the Caymus label, and they're waiting to be discovered! Ditch the overpriced option and elevate your wine game with these budget-friendly, highest-quality alternatives. Watch now and learn how to impress your friends and family with your newfound wine knowledge - without breaking the bank!
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Absolutely spot on your description and comments regarding Caymus…. And his daughter’s Merlot
How can you objectively evaluate the last 3 wines when you stand to make money selling them? As I commented in one of your other videos, blind tasting would give the appearance of impartiality.
HI, if you watched the video, I have zero intention of being impartial. Sure, maybe in the future, I'll taste wines blind. People will buy what they want to buy regardless of my opinion. I genuinely don't have a preference what wine you buy.
I tried Caymus. I paid about 80.00 for the bottle. It was a big disappointment. I have the best luck buying good vintages in the 25.00 to 40.00 price point in Cab wine and its mostly on the money good!!!
I would like to see you note the price point of each bottle you showcase.
I love Cab.. last year I purchased a 2018 Caymus.
It was so disappointing, I wrote a letter to my wine store.
I agree. It was not up to anyone’s standard.
Thank you for your comment. We provided the winery feedback too. Nothing changed. So, we've made a video to share our opinion.
100% agree on this take with Caymus. I live next to their Fairfield winery and their Pinot is also over-manipulated and overpriced.
I've only gotten seriously in to wine the past 2 years, and most of the experts ive watched or met personally have said something similar. That Caymus tastes manipulated like sugar was added, and this is especially the case in the past 4-5 years BUT they all said that the special selection Caymus was VERY well made. Got lucky enough to try some free samples, and i definetly wouldn't pay $80 ,90$+ for that standard bottle, better off going with some Groth or whatever $50-$70 Napa cab you prefer
2019 IS THE FINEST VINTAGE OF THE DECADE
Agreed. I thought 2019 stood out quite a bit.
Listen what the man says. Righteous Truth. I would have preferred a blind tasting.
I have yet to see a wine critic say anything good about Caymus cabernet. The reviews have been universally bad.
He made the same face when he tasted the Caymus, That I made when my neighbor bought me a bottle of Meomi For cutting her lawn. I love this guy. Even if he does have an agenda, he speaks the truth... People who drink and love Caymus Will be offended and people who know wine and are wine drinkers won't be. 🍷CHEERS🍷
@@richardbrowe9299 I think the overall is, if someone doesn't like red wine bc they have tried many in the past and they dislike it, Caymus is a great way to open their horizons. It's inoffensive (Meomi however VERY OFFENSIVE LOL). Is it great quality wine for those with more refined taste no, but it's a great start for those who are not well versed in wine.
@@mcp0y3".. inoffensive.." huh? It's horrible. My friend, you need to expand your horizons. There's absolutely nothing redeemable about Caymus.
@@gregoryscott5780 lol I promise my horizons are pretty expanded.
Totally agree with you that Caymus is a highly manipulated wine but just don’t understand why some many dumb people pay so much for such a wine in United States…….
Within a minute of this video I knew this guy was selling wolf tickets when he said you could buy this at most convenience stores and gas stations and then proceeds to say it goes for $80-100. So gas stations now sell $100 wines? I’ve never seen this wine at a gas station. EVER. It’s not a bad wine. It is just a poor expression of what Napa cabs are.
Sounds like you haven't visited gas stations that have a significant wine selection. I was alluding to the ubiquity of the brand and stand by the comment. If you think that metaphor somehow discredits everything else in the video, so be it.
I can think of 2 convenience stores and 6 grocery stores in my town that sell Caymus. I thought the 2019 was really good, and since then not so much.
@bighammerwines wine vendor here. Seeing anything over 30$ at a gas station is by far the exception and not the standard. Calling an 80$ bottle a wine that you can grab at a gas station or convenience store is a GROSS misrepresentation. Even here in Texas, where we have the biggest gas stations in the world, Bucees, you won't find anything that expensive.
I get your point in that it's very represented in wine sets and you'll find it at most major grocery stores, but this is top shelf at grocery stores, assuming they can even get a case. I sell to one of the top 5 Targets in the country for wine and they frequently struggle to get it allocated.
@@bighammerwinesWine vendor here. I sell to convenience and grocery stores. Saying that you can find Caymus at a convenience or gas station is a wild statement. Convenience, maybe, if they're lucky. But that's the exception and not the standard. It's very rare and would totally depend on the volume that they sell since Caymus cases get allocated. Some grocery stores go without a case of Caymus for months because they don't sell enough wine to get a case allocated.
Just tells me you have a taste that doesn't match my own. Good for you buddy. Grab your participation trophy on your way out.
Thank you for watching. You're correct, you have pour taste.
You should blind taste the wines prior to judging them.
We taste approximately 100 weeks per week since 2009. We're not operating an annual wine tasting competition to award medals. We run a business and make qualitative decisions every day. Our expertise far surpasses most of peers. But, sure just for fun, we might make a video tasting blind some wines some day.
Caymus is a great start for people who want to open their pallet to wine and have in the pasted hated wine Caymus is a great way to start
Most people don't start by drinking $90 bottles of wine. The success of the marketing of the brand has deluded many Cabernet drinkers into thinking that this is a quality wine.
@@bighammerwines it's not great quality, but it's superior to most $25-$30 bottles... but if people have tried many times cheaper wines and don't like red, Caymus is a great start if they want to start refining their taste.
That's all
@@mcp0y3"...it's superior to most $25-$35 wine..."
No. Absolutely not. There are $25 bottles of wine that run circles around Caymus!
Caymus regular wasnt good since 2007. Major cognitive dissonance with alot of comments. Lol if you paid over $30 for this you got duped!
Agreed. Even Special Selection has followed this profile, unfortunately.
Wow! It’s amazing to hear all the negativity around the highly successful and delicious Caymus Cab. I agree it’s not the best wine in Napa, but it offers something unique all the while being very enjoyable.
Agreed, the marketing of the brand has been excellent. The quality? For those that know, it's shocking.
Get Bonanza cab. The poor man’s Caymus
It’s a fruit bomb. It’s for people that haven’t really had more experience trying wines. They think since it’s expensive that it will be great. Most of the wine that they had before were cheap, and then they tried Caymus and it was better. I can write this because that was me. I’m not really putting Caymus down, because if that is what you like, then that’s your opinion. I just now like many Bordeaux wines in the same price range that have a better finish and are more interesting to me.
We agree.
Caymus is amazing lol
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If you're okay spending that much on Caymus it just shoes you have more money than brains. It should be about $40 per bottle - TOPS
2021 is nowhere close to 2018. But our assessment is that you are so surprisingly harsh you sound like you got fired or something. The group of friends I sent this to just said “ excrement of Bovine”
I have no relationship whatsoever with the winery. It's just my opinion. If you want to spend your money on those wines, enjoy.
😂😂😂😂 he is quite accurate in his description of caymus.
Lol
Yup, this is what the wine industry needs to do - trash each others brands. Wonderful. What's the point of dumping on a wine that a lot of people just like? Isn't it good that they're enjoying wine? Wouldn't it be better if you offered yours as an alternative rather than making those that drink Caymus feel bad or stupid? The industry needs to stop denigrating popular wines that vast numbers enjoy. Good marketing is convincing people of the value of your brand and wines, not shaming people into trying yours. Disclaimer: I, too, have NO relation to Caymus whatsoever. I just think we all should try harder to include all wine drinkers into the enjoyment and discovery of wine.
My channel and my opinion. Make your own. There is wine. There is not wine. We sell real wine, as opposed to grocery store plonk. We make this clear distinction. There are a dozen wine manufacturers producing 80% of the wine sold in the US, two thirds of which is sold in grocery stores. There are six companies that control 80% of the distribution market. This is an existential threat to family wineries. Consumers need to wake up to this reality or suffer the consequences. Take note of the phone, auto, soft drink, processed foods, and many other consolidated industries. Lastly, adults are in charge of their own feelings and they can take ownership of them.
Caymus wine are ment to be aged especially there cabs by them.let it sit 5 to 10 year and try again. Like any good product u have to know what to do with it.
nicely said. 🎉
Disagree. And, we have decades of experience and lab analysis that proves this style of wines don't improve with age. Quite the opposite, they degrade rather quickly in large part due to the high sugar and importantly the high pH. There is not sufficient acid in this style of wine to hold up to bottle aging beyond 5 years.
Why do you spit 😂?
If you had to taste 20+ wines at a time, you'd spit too.
So he's not plastered by the end of the day
stop crying already, hands down, caymus is smooth and good. if you have money issues, dont drink it. price point is where it deserves to be 80$.
No one's crying. People do want to get their money's worth. If you like over-extracted, high alcohol and significant levels of rs in your bottles then have at it. No need to shit on someone else who prefers more refined producers.
I think you missed the point. That wine at $20 isn't worth it because of the quality by way of comparison. If you've seen other comments, our quality analysis is hardly in the minority.
He is absolutely correct, this wine is grossly overpriced and with each year it gets worse and worse
In what world is caymus worth its price tag? Lol. If it was $20 bucks then yes
I agree. Caymus is great. It's only people who have budgetary constraints who will complain about it based on the price.
Caymus is great. Idk what y'all talking bout