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🇺🇸 From Caymus Vineyards · Napa Valley · California · United States

Caymus, Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley

Red · Special Selection (top cuvee) · first vintage on our lists 1976

Poured at 302 of the world's top restaurant lists in 21 countries, across 40 vintages from 1976 to 2022, with 1,752 realized lots at auction.

Where it's poured
302 rooms in 201 cities across 21 countries, from the lists we read. Dots sized by rooms pouring.
201 cities
The map · 250 US rooms in 166 cities
New York 12Las Vegas 10Tampa 6Seattle 4Boston 4Chicago 4Atlantic City 4

Every dot is a city where we read a list pouring Caymus, Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley; dot size is the number of rooms.

The vintages
40 vintages on the world's lists, 1976 to 2022, plus a non-vintage bottling. Pick a dot: size is rooms pouring, colour is age — under 15 years · mature · 25 and older. The from price is the lowest bottle price we've read on a list.
Rooms · from price
198019902000201020202022 · 1 room2021 · 1 room2020 · 34 rooms2019 · 102 rooms2018 · 56 rooms2017 · 59 rooms2016 · 11 rooms2015 · 15 rooms2014 · 6 rooms2013 · 8 rooms2012 · 12 rooms2011 · 3 rooms2010 · 5 rooms2009 · 8 rooms2008 · 1 room2007 · 4 rooms2006 · 3 rooms2005 · 4 rooms2004 · 4 rooms2003 · 1 room2002 · 6 rooms2001 · 7 rooms2000 · 4 rooms1999 · 4 rooms1998 · 5 rooms1997 · 3 rooms1995 · 12 rooms1994 · 3 rooms1992 · 4 rooms1991 · 5 rooms1990 · 1 room1989 · 1 room1988 · 4 rooms1987 · 4 rooms1986 · 1 room1985 · 1 room1984 · 2 rooms1983 · 1 room1981 · 2 rooms1976 · 2 rooms2019 · 102 rooms
2019102 rooms pour it, 3 by the glass · from $68 on a list · most poured in New York · median at auction $188The 102 rooms
At auction
1,752 realized lots across the houses we read. Prices per 750ml, premium inclusive, converted at rates on the sale date.
The full record →
May 2015Dots are real salesJun 2026

The 1992, 105 sales. Dots are real sales.

$220
Median at auction, per 750ml
×2.0
$450
Median on a restaurant list
6.5%
Twelve months, at auction
From the house
The rest of the Caymus Vineyards canon, and where the house stands.
Rooms pouring
Napa Valley · California · United States22 wines in the canonranked 3 of 635 California producers by rooms pouring
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