2010 ケイマス カベルネ･ソーヴィニヨン
2010 ケイマス カベルネ･ソーヴィニヨン
2010 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
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"The nose of this wine is especially interesting to me. There’s the presence of a well-cared for, clean farmstead. Possibly the aroma of a freshly opened bale of hay or the combine dust during the summer harvest at my cousins wheat farm in St. John, Washington. This is layered with the fruit components─ ripe cherries crushed in a snifter, a subtle smell of ripeness. And a bit of grape pumice at fermentation, rustic. Other nuances come to mind─ smoke in a forest cabin, earth, spice and cola. The flavors in this wine are genuinely good, but the textural elements are its most exceptional feature. The entry wanders, deliberating, then evolves and expands to cocoa- like fine tannins in harmony with oak, fruit and acidity. A balanced and harmonious wine with a long evolution. " Chuck Wagner, Winemaker
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"Caymus Cabernets are the result of Napa Valley’s very special climate and soil conditions. The Valley is actually an agricultural preserve located just an hour north of San Francisco where Cabernet wine grapes reign as king─ and where little to no land is left to plant.
The 2010 growing season held some surprises. A wet spring, followed by an abnormally cool summer delayed full fruit maturity into mid-October. Just as we were preparing for the harvest, two significant rains visited the Valley. We waited through both rains for warm conditions to return to continue ripening the fruit. Due to this trying year, the 2010 Napa Valley harvest in general will go down as a vintage that produced a short quantity of high quality wine, and Caymus was no exception.
For us, more than half of our grapes ripened sufficiently so that we could produce a special wine this vintage. I can confirm that this bottling of our “Napa Valley” Cabernet still expresses our house character of high texture and tannin balanced by cassis, chocolate and ripe fruit impressions with a rich, dark color.
While there is a certain style to our winemaking, the soils are most responsible for our wine’s goodness. Persistent diligence in farming to make good wine is a given, but the key is the earth. Most of the soils where our Cabernet is grown would make poor garden soil – they are not rich enough for garden crops. Generally we seek out soils that are gravelly, rocky and well drained where the vines must struggle to exist, producing a concentrated and rich style of red wine.
Most local winemakers would generalize that Napa Valley cabernets are comprised of two styles − the mountain expressing more brawny tannic structure and the valley floor producing more supple wine of generosity. Caymus Cabernets rely on both mountain and valley fruit, where we try to show the best of these two worlds by blending about 75% valley floor with 25% grown in mountain locations."
92ポイント ワインスペクテーター
"Young and appropriately vibrant and grapey. Homes in on pure currant and blackberry fruit, veering briefly toward cedar and tobacco before tightening on the finish. Best from 2014 through 2024. 58,300 cases made. –JL" (Issue: Dec 31, 2012)
参考 2009 ケイマス カベルネ･ソーヴィニヨン ワインスペクテーター 91ポイント
参考 2008 ケイマス カベルネ･ソーヴィニヨン ワインスペクテーター 93ポイント
| ワイン情報 | |
| 生産年(ヴィンテージ) | 2010 |
| 生産国 | アメリカ合衆国 |
| 生産領域 | カリフォルニア |
| アペレーション/地区 | ナパ・バレー |
| ボトルサイズ | 750ml |
| ワイン レビュー | |
| ワイン評価スコアの レンジ | 90 - 95 |
| ワイン･スペクテーター | 92 |
