Mission Codename Especial!
VERY Special Selection⌠Itâs a big Saturday!!
94 points from Wine Spectator. At a Caymus industry event earlier this year, it offered everything youâd hope for - straight decadence, or as the review notes, âFlashyâ and CHOCK full of deep fruit. We all fell in love with the wine we tasted and then we grabbed every bottle allocated so that you could have these!
According to Wine Spectator âSpecial Selection has been named Wine of the Year in 2 vintages (a record), but Chuck Wagner is not one to rest on his laurels. Heâs always learning from the past and looking toward the future.â
This may be the last chance to pile up before it inevitably sells out! Itâs already out there on retail shelves at $300+ so once it breaks that record again, $500 is the next step. Or $195, here, the best price around.
Quite possibly the most recognized Cabernet from Napa needs no introduction. Love it or leave it, you have to recognize it as one of the most popular wines in the world. And Special Selection takes things up a notch, or two.
In each vintage, Caymus sets aside the best barrels of their Napa Valley Cabernet to produce a Special Selection. Distinguished by extremely fine, velvety tannins and enjoyable upon release or with aging. A wine of structure with an intense concentration of supple flavors and dark fruits.
Powerful and loaded with silky black fruit, buttery soft tannins, and a seamless integration of expensive oak. It serves up GOBS of blackberry, cherries, crème de cassis, black licorice, sweet violets, melted dark chocolate, plums, vanilla, and much more. Always opulent, and a huge crowd-pleaser, but also something you might want to just hoard for your own personal enjoyment.
Oh, and according to Wine-Searcher again youâre looking at one of âThe 10 Most Popular Napa Wines in the Worldâ in 2023⌠and wine? âFor fans of the bold style.â
Just sayinâ Be quick!
94 Points â Wine Spectator
âFlashy, with boysenberry and mulberry pâte de fruit notes that roll through, throwing off licorice snap and açaĂ berry notes as well. Ends with a high-gloss toasty finish, but the fruit pushes through easily as apple wood and mint notes add range. For fans of the bold style. Drink now through 2040.â
What the Winery Says
2019 'Special Selection' Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
- Winemaker
- Jenny Wagner
- Varietal
- 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
- Vintage
- 2019
- Alcohol
- 15.7%
- Appellation
- Napa Valley
- Soils
- Loam, clay, & silt
- Aging
- 18 months
- Barrels
- New & Used French Oak
About the Winery
Caymus