
Caymus, especially the last few vintages, are polarizing, I know. However, my wife claims this is her favorite wine. As you can imagine, this anniversary vintage is difficult to find, but my buddy @Mike R came through BIG when I told him I was searching for my bride. He graciously sent 3 one liters in exchange for some recommendations of my own. Needless to say, in Mike's own words, my wife is smiling huge! Many thanks to you, Mike! Our family opened this up at my wife's request as we put together the finishing touches for our trip out to Napa in 2 weeks.
*The rating is from my wife* — 10 years ago

Thank You to my Ex-husband for this like...19yrs of Dom @ all special occasions from our first date to last year together 😊 — 10 years ago
Love this organic red!! — 11 years ago
Always our favorite. — 11 years ago
A bit young but that was our decision :) great fruit and acid balance for such a young wine. Really enjoyed. — 11 years ago
Smooth deep our kind of pour — 12 years ago
One of our standards. — 14 years ago
Really enjoyed this bottle. Thanks to whoever brought it to our home last night! — 8 years ago
Quick funny story:
Christine & I are LUCKY to have Kelly work in our office but we are BLESSED to be able to consider her and Darryl as dear friends.
We recommended to Kelly, prior to her going on vacation in Charleston SC, that they should stop by the Belmont hotel. They have a bar and restaurant that is 2nd to none in that area. Christine & I LOVE it!!!! Kelly sent me a quick text to say “hey, we’re at the Belmont! And about to have dinner!”
Being the goof ball that I am..... .....I called the Somm and said “I don’t care what they ordered, bring them a Shafer Hillside Select with some age on it!!!”. 10 minutes later he was decanting a 2003 Hillside Select table side! I love that hotel! Incredible service, incredible food and always a phenomenal experience! The only thing better are-our friends that are there right now!!!!
I didn’t Have a drop of this wine but I am scoring it a 10 based on experience alone!! It must have been “Badass in a Glass” as I always say!
I’ll let Kelly and Darryl fill in the official tasting notes!
by the way Kelly: don’t love SC tooooooo much, Christine & I can’t operate that place without you! See you next week! 👍👏👏👏👏👍
— 8 years ago


I don't want to write a Facebook story but I need to get something off my chest - today was supposed to be about running my first 10k which I did and did my best - but today became much more - I lost my mom Friday in a car wreck - yes it was tragic for she was 79 years young - but she was an incredible mom - strong caring and always a big part of my growing up and values I have - I will miss her - all that said I dedicated the 10k race I ran to my mom - and I celebrate this wine and the next wine to her and the wonderful legacy (our family) she help create - rest in peace mom and thanks for the support from @Ron R @Martin G Rivard @David A Lentine @Joe Lucca and @Carl Fischer - by the wine was a wonderful tribute and had all four elements working correctly together - smell, taste, finish and balance — 10 years ago
I love this wine--a somewhat creamy and floral SB, the musque clone lends a very interesting flavor and aroma profile. Delicious with shrimp cocktail and our cheese plate, but it would be equally tasty on its own. — 10 years ago

Thank you NZ for bringing it to our Spanish dinner! — 11 years ago
One of many wines tasted tonight at Olympic Wine dinner --another fabulous wine by Thomas Brown.....never misses a beat. — 11 years ago
Very impressed that Delectable can read these Orin Swift labels (which I love). Papillon is our favorite OS so far. — 12 years ago
This is the last leg in our moved to Napa. My favorite summer wine. KC SB — 12 years ago
This was a wonderful wine with our last-of-summer BBQ dinner. After 15 years in the bottle, it's very well balanced. — 13 years ago

A standard favorite in our home and one my father and I were able to enjoy together...a real treat! — 9 years ago
Very nice place right now dried plum, herbs, leather. Great with our roasted duck. — 10 years ago
Enjoyed this for our birthday celebration! Very nice wine! — 10 years ago
Enjoying this bottle this evening! Excellent! Celebrating our recently completed master bath remodel after 5 months! — 10 years ago
Went very well with our Delmonico steaks. A prior tasting of the same year was disappointing suggesting the food pairing was important. We liked it but would prefer 10 bottles of Cabernet than one of Opus One. An experience - invest in a good rate Delmonico to appreciate it! — 11 years ago
Our house red — 11 years ago
Big and smooth, it's a favorite at our home — 12 years ago
This is one of our go too wines...full bodied — 13 years ago
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Our if a 375ml split....wish it had more time to breath and open up s but more — 8 years ago