Turned 45 last week and hosted a birthday party at our house last night. Had my family and in-laws, plus some close friends over for good barbecue, whisky, and this bottle of wine.
I bought this back in 2014(?), found on a shelf in a random liquor store, and signed by the wine maker. My younger sister doesn’t drink much wine anymore but this is her all-time favorite wine and it seemed like as good a reason as any to open and share for my birthday.
We had the best time and I was sad the night had to end. It was truly one of those fun, joyful events where everyone is family, there’s too much food, and the kids are old enough to serve as Designated Drivers for the parents.
As for the wine itself?
An over-extracted, one dimensional fruit bomb that was boring as hell but thankfully paired decently with brisket. It was about as generic a wine as you could imagine, no real layering beyond some thin tannins and a touch of clay that was nice.
But as is so often the case it didn’t matter… the people I shared it with made it exceptional.
10/10, best bottle ever.
by musicmunky
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I nominate this to Post of the year.
Happy birthday!
I’m glad you have the experience overshadowing the wine. Some people on this subreddit would throw a fit if they had to drink Caymus and let it ruin their day.
I’d rather drink a terrible wine with friends and family than drink a unicorn wine by myself
Happy 45th!
Can we just save this review and post it any time someone brings up Caymus?
I’m glad you had a good birthday 🍷
I ran lab analysis on this wine working for a big wine conglomerate as it was our competitor.
The residual sugar levels are so high you don’t even want to know.
I prefer the almost anything else.
Happy to hear you had a great time!
Hah! Great story. Cheers friend!
Sweeter than port!
A perfect 5/7
😂
Great post. I was intrigued as I was wondering if the 2012 had current “formula.” That seemed around the time they changed from a more traditional Napa cabernet. The 1987 Napa was one of my favorite wines ever. Now, even Special Selection seems to be over extracted and sweet. They have found a model that a lot of people like – unless they are wine drinkers.
Came here to post the popcorn emoji and was pleasantly surprised. Always read the caption, kids!