Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon is a premium Napa Valley red wine produced by the family-owned Caymus Vineyards, founded in 1972 in Rutherford. This full-bodied Cabernet Sauvignon showcases the winery's signature style, crafted using grapes sourced from 8 of Napa's 16 sub-appellations, allowing winemakers to select the finest fruit each vintage. The wine is characterized by its rich, fruit-forward profile with dark and concentrated character, featuring ripe, luxurious tannins that provide immediate drinkability while maintaining structure for long-term aging.

The wine displays saturated color and layered aromas of ripe blackberry, cassis, cocoa, sweet spice, and warmed vanilla. On the palate, expect full-bodied flavors of dark plum, black cherry, chocolate-dusted berries, and black currant, complemented by notes of melted licorice, mocha, toasted oak, cedar, and tobacco. Soft, supple tannins create a velvety, silky texture that carries through to a lingering finish with baking spice and warm, ripe fruit.

Caymus employs a unique "hang time" winemaking technique, leaving Cabernet grapes on the vine for an extended period to develop increased ripeness, suppleness, and mature tannin levels. Combined with crop thinning and controlled sunlight exposure in the vineyard, this approach produces wines with rich, velvety textural tannins. The wine has received critical acclaim, including a 94-point rating from Robert Parker for the 2014 vintage and 92 points from Wine Spectator for the 2019 vintage. Pairs excellently with grilled meats, veal, beef, roast chicken, game, hearty fish like tuna and salmon, mushrooms, and pasta.