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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 1981

Poured at 67 of the world's top restaurant lists in 12 countries, across 26 vintages from 1981 to 2021, with 1,752 realized lots at auction.

Where it's poured
67 rooms in 58 cities across 12 countries, from the lists we read. Dots sized by rooms pouring.
58 cities
The map · 53 US rooms in 46 cities
Palm Beach 3Boston 2Washington 2New York 2Canandaigua 1Charleston 1Chicago 1

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
26 vintages on the world's lists, 1981 to 2021, 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
19902000201020202021 · 1 room2020 · 9 rooms2019 · 26 rooms2018 · 11 rooms2017 · 4 rooms2016 · 6 rooms2015 · 2 rooms2014 · 3 rooms2013 · 6 rooms2012 · 4 rooms2011 · 1 room2010 · 1 room2009 · 2 rooms2008 · 1 room2007 · 1 room2006 · 2 rooms2004 · 2 rooms2002 · 1 room2001 · 1 room1995 · 4 rooms1994 · 2 rooms1992 · 1 room1991 · 2 rooms1988 · 1 room1987 · 1 room1981 · 1 room2019 · 26 rooms
201926 rooms pour it, 1 by the glass · from $325 on a list · most poured in Hollywood · median at auction $188The 26 rooms
At auction
1,752 realized lots across the houses we read. Prices per 750ml, premium inclusive, converted at sale-date rates.
The full record →
May 2015Dots are real salesJun 2026

The 2012, 98 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.
Reach · auction high
Napa Valley · California · United States22 wines in the canonranked 8 of 635 California producers by rooms pouring
$669high at auction
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One wine, crosswalked to the world's top restaurant lists and 1,752 auction lots · Most listed · How we count
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