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Caymus is great. Idk what y'all talking bout
Listen what the man says. Righteous Truth. I would have preferred a blind tasting.
I would like to see you note the price point of each bottle you showcase.
I tried Caymus. I paid about 80.00 for the bottle. It was a big disappointment. I have the best luck buying good vintages in the 25.00 to 40.00 price point in Cab wine and its mostly on the money good!!!
Caymus is amazing lol
Just tells me you have a taste that doesn't match my own. Good for you buddy. Grab your participation trophy on your way out.
Thank you for watching. You're correct, you have pour taste.
Thanks for sharing ❤ really helpful and you covered everything I needed to know.
stop crying already, hands down, caymus is smooth and good. if you have money issues, dont drink it. price point is where it deserves to be 80$.
No one's crying. People do want to get their money's worth. If you like over-extracted, high alcohol and significant levels of rs in your bottles then have at it. No need to shit on someone else who prefers more refined producers.
I think you missed the point. That wine at $20 isn't worth it because of the quality by way of comparison. If you've seen other comments, our quality analysis is hardly in the minority.
He is absolutely correct, this wine is grossly overpriced and with each year it gets worse and worse
In what world is caymus worth its price tag? Lol. If it was $20 bucks then yes
I agree. Caymus is great. It's only people who have budgetary constraints who will complain about it based on the price.
You should blind taste the wines prior to judging them.
We taste approximately 100 weeks per week since 2009. We're not operating an annual wine tasting competition to award medals. We run a business and make qualitative decisions every day. Our expertise far surpasses most of peers. But, sure just for fun, we might make a video tasting blind some wines some day.
Why do you spit 😂?
If you had to taste 20+ wines at a time, you'd spit too.
So he's not plastered by the end of the day
2019 IS THE FINEST VINTAGE OF THE DECADE
Agreed. I thought 2019 stood out quite a bit.
Wasting their life and money,Indeed! This guy is awesome.🍷👊🍷
Caymus regular wasnt good since 2007. Major cognitive dissonance with alot of comments. Lol if you paid over $30 for this you got duped!
Agreed. Even Special Selection has followed this profile, unfortunately.
He made the same face when he tasted the Caymus, That I made when my neighbor bought me a bottle of Meomi For cutting her lawn. I love this guy. Even if he does have an agenda, he speaks the truth... People who drink and love Caymus Will be offended and people who know wine and are wine drinkers won't be. 🍷CHEERS🍷
@@richardbrowe9299 I think the overall is, if someone doesn't like red wine bc they have tried many in the past and they dislike it, Caymus is a great way to open their horizons. It's inoffensive (Meomi however VERY OFFENSIVE LOL). Is it great quality wine for those with more refined taste no, but it's a great start for those who are not well versed in wine.
Absolutely spot on your description and comments regarding Caymus…. And his daughter’s Merlot
Caymus is a great start for people who want to open their pallet to wine and have in the pasted hated wine Caymus is a great way to start
Most people don't start by drinking $90 bottles of wine. The success of the marketing of the brand has deluded many Cabernet drinkers into thinking that this is a quality wine.
@@bighammerwines it's not great quality, but it's superior to most $25-$30 bottles... but if people have tried many times cheaper wines and don't like red, Caymus is a great start if they want to start refining their taste. That's all
Wow! It’s amazing to hear all the negativity around the highly successful and delicious Caymus Cab. I agree it’s not the best wine in Napa, but it offers something unique all the while being very enjoyable.
Agreed, the marketing of the brand has been excellent. The quality? For those that know, it's shocking.
Caymus wine are ment to be aged especially there cabs by them.let it sit 5 to 10 year and try again. Like any good product u have to know what to do with it.
nicely said. 🎉
Disagree. And, we have decades of experience and lab analysis that proves this style of wines don't improve with age. Quite the opposite, they degrade rather quickly in large part due to the high sugar and importantly the high pH. There is not sufficient acid in this style of wine to hold up to bottle aging beyond 5 years.
Within a minute of this video I knew this guy was selling wolf tickets when he said you could buy this at most convenience stores and gas stations and then proceeds to say it goes for $80-100. So gas stations now sell $100 wines? I’ve never seen this wine at a gas station. EVER. It’s not a bad wine. It is just a poor expression of what Napa cabs are.
Sounds like you haven't visited gas stations that have a significant wine selection. I was alluding to the ubiquity of the brand and stand by the comment. If you think that metaphor somehow discredits everything else in the video, so be it.
I can think of 2 convenience stores and 6 grocery stores in my town that sell Caymus. I thought the 2019 was really good, and since then not so much.
The Bennett lane is my least favorite out of these
Yes, yes, there are.
Just bought some Scrimaglio NV fiz and Arneis. Jario was fantastic to work with! I’ll be back. Oh, the Fiz….yeah, as advertised, beautiful fruit, nice autolitics, crisp acid, very nice length and a please take another sip finish. Lovely balance. Great QPR. Cheers.
I have yet to see a wine critic say anything good about Caymus cabernet. The reviews have been universally bad.
Yup, this is what the wine industry needs to do - trash each others brands. Wonderful. What's the point of dumping on a wine that a lot of people just like? Isn't it good that they're enjoying wine? Wouldn't it be better if you offered yours as an alternative rather than making those that drink Caymus feel bad or stupid? The industry needs to stop denigrating popular wines that vast numbers enjoy. Good marketing is convincing people of the value of your brand and wines, not shaming people into trying yours. Disclaimer: I, too, have NO relation to Caymus whatsoever. I just think we all should try harder to include all wine drinkers into the enjoyment and discovery of wine.
My channel and my opinion. Make your own. There is wine. There is not wine. We sell real wine, as opposed to grocery store plonk. We make this clear distinction. There are a dozen wine manufacturers producing 80% of the wine sold in the US, two thirds of which is sold in grocery stores. There are six companies that control 80% of the distribution market. This is an existential threat to family wineries. Consumers need to wake up to this reality or suffer the consequences. Take note of the phone, auto, soft drink, processed foods, and many other consolidated industries. Lastly, adults are in charge of their own feelings and they can take ownership of them.
Bought and paid for by Annie Green Springs?
Totally agree with you that Caymus is a highly manipulated wine but just don’t understand why some many dumb people pay so much for such a wine in United States…….
The mass produced wines of the world generally are geared towards certain types of wine drinkers, where “smooth” is one of the important factors into them liking a wine. Hence the reason for a little sugar to round the edges over. I do not discount the popularity of these wines, however, I do find they lack personality and character, that for me, makes the wine world so interesting. I honestly cannot remember the last time I purchased and drank the same wine in the last couple years. I spend my money and time trying to find that next revelation in a bottle…..
Thank you for your feedback. We taste thousands of wines per year doing exactly that - looking for the next revelation. Sounds like we're kindred spirits.
You have got to be one of the most pretentious "experts" I've encountered on KZread. There is a purpose and place for every wine on your table. Your 25 years of experience means nothing when you just come across as an elitist snob. Grocery store red wine blends like The Prisoner are popular for a reason, consumers like them and they are readily available. I've been in the business longer than you and would never dismiss a popular $40 wine like you are. You'll catch more flies with honey. Yes there are "better" wine's just as there are better wine shills on YT. Why even try a wine you hate on camera? This is just bs theater,get over yourself.
You'll find greater value just about anywhere outside Napa valley....
If you're okay spending that much on Caymus it just shoes you have more money than brains. It should be about $40 per bottle - TOPS
It’s a fruit bomb. It’s for people that haven’t really had more experience trying wines. They think since it’s expensive that it will be great. Most of the wine that they had before were cheap, and then they tried Caymus and it was better. I can write this because that was me. I’m not really putting Caymus down, because if that is what you like, then that’s your opinion. I just now like many Bordeaux wines in the same price range that have a better finish and are more interesting to me.
We agree.
How can you objectively evaluate the last 3 wines when you stand to make money selling them? As I commented in one of your other videos, blind tasting would give the appearance of impartiality.
HI, if you watched the video, I have zero intention of being impartial. Sure, maybe in the future, I'll taste wines blind. People will buy what they want to buy regardless of my opinion. I genuinely don't have a preference what wine you buy.
2021 is nowhere close to 2018. But our assessment is that you are so surprisingly harsh you sound like you got fired or something. The group of friends I sent this to just said “ excrement of Bovine”
I have no relationship whatsoever with the winery. It's just my opinion. If you want to spend your money on those wines, enjoy.
😂😂😂😂 he is quite accurate in his description of caymus.
You should check out FORIS winery out of Southern Oregon!!
Some constructive criticism from someone who actually wants to give your online store a shot. Your website is pretty interesting and you seem to have some well priced wines and a ton of talent on your team, but I'm hesitant to put myself in your hands with recommendations when you sort of scoff at wines that are universally liked (even by critics...also see your Caymus review). It seems as manipulated as the wines you are trying to discredit. In doing so, you are mocking your potential customer rather than meeting them where they are, acknowledging why these wines are so popular, and then educating us on the possibilities beyond these offerings. I've had The Prisoner and I thought it was good and still do...if not a little overpriced. Wine is a journey, I think you could be a better guide if you were a little more genuine. You're basically telling your potential customer they're stupid for liking a particular wine. Anyhow...hope you take this as it was intended...with no malice. It's from a wine lover who is still relatively new to the hobby and want's to learn and experience all kinds of wine.
Thank you for the feedback. I am very direct and that comes across in my videos. I am passioante about the wines I select but I see your point. There is a bigger opportunity than going for "shock and awe". Your feedback is really great. Thanks again.
I love Cab.. last year I purchased a 2018 Caymus. It was so disappointing, I wrote a letter to my wine store. I agree. It was not up to anyone’s standard.
Thank you for your comment. We provided the winery feedback too. Nothing changed. So, we've made a video to share our opinion.
Your right, of all places, New York, never had a good wine from there, oh Finger Lakes, or Long Island wines, what a dumb #ss
What do you know he hates the competition and loves the one he's selling. Would be more believable done as a blind testing.
I don't hate the compeition. I want you to drink better wine. Wine with less sugar, wine with a soul, wine that opens the door to more exploration. Not grocery store brands.
Totally disagree with the absurdly exaugurated dislike of The Prisoner and in my opinion in a blind tasting you'd feel very different. Not that the Bennett lane isn't a better wine, but the overreaction here is unbelievably disingenuous. Literally multiple Master of Wine holders blind tasting The Prisoner on KZread who enjoyed it and felt it deserved the $50-60 price tag. This is just silly.
In an episode of wineking, the taster (who is a master of wine) did a blind and called The Prisoner a very good and complex quality wine. Upon reveal he didn’t backtrack. He acknowledged it as being very good and even worthy of the $45 price tag. So yeah this guy is not being genuine. I hope he changes.
The Prisoner has become the wine equivalent of bands like Coldplay, Modest Mouse etc. It was the cool wine to like until everyone started liking them and then they “sold out” and now all of a sudden suck. They become popular to hate by the cool kids.
We will do this... the wine has evolved over the years from founder Dave Phinney to the sale to Huneeus to today Constellation... it is here they changed the wine from Napa AVA to California AVA (not that it is necessarily bad). It's just not the same wine it used to be. There are plenty of better options out there. The point is to create a dialogue around the fact that the largest 5% of wine producers control 78% of all wine sold. And, two out of three bottles are sold in grocery stores. There are so many better wines to explore in the world. Thank you for the comment. I will take it into consideration.
@@bighammerwines Cheers, would love some blind tasting content
Then those “MS’s” should have their status removed. Those are the easiest reds to weed out
100% agree on this take with Caymus. I live next to their Fairfield winery and their Pinot is also over-manipulated and overpriced.
I've only gotten seriously in to wine the past 2 years, and most of the experts ive watched or met personally have said something similar. That Caymus tastes manipulated like sugar was added, and this is especially the case in the past 4-5 years BUT they all said that the special selection Caymus was VERY well made. Got lucky enough to try some free samples, and i definetly wouldn't pay $80 ,90$+ for that standard bottle, better off going with some Groth or whatever $50-$70 Napa cab you prefer
Whats your email .i wanted more details of i wanted to start my own wine brand
Hi Gregg! Bravo!
Luca Maroni is no wine critic. Don't drink anything he scores!
Looked at individually, it would appear he inflates scores. Once you recognize his methodology is different, his scores make more sense. He scores differently than US based critics. He tastes every wine from a region, a DOC, a DOCG, and even style from IGT. The top wines score 96-99 points. As a result, many more wines receive much higher scores.