Awesome, thanks!

 

This was quite nice and not very expensive at all

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OK I'll take your word on this and try it . $11.99 a bottle here in Texas

 

I think I paid $20 for that bottle. Lol

 

I'm a fan of Caymus, visited them during our Napa trip. I have a bottle of the 40th Anniversary Cab that I'm thinking about cracking open this weekend for my 50th Bday party. The Wagner Family, who make Caymus, also have some other really good wines. In particular, I liked the Tuli Pinot Noir.

 

Just got a message from Harlan, announcing their willingness to let me part with precious sums of money for a few bottles of Estate and the Maiden.

lol

 

you can get the 40 th anniversary Caymus cab by the glass at the Craftsteak bar. ask Larry to pour you a glass

 

did they wrote quote prices?

 

$750 and $225.

 

quoth Bob Parker on the 2013 Estate

"A candidate for perfection is the 2013 Harlan Estate. This compelling wine, with notes of graphite, spring flowers, cedar wood, Christmas fruitcake, mocha, blackberry and cassis fruit, the wine hits the palate with a thunderous cascade of extract, richness, full body, and stunning purity and equilibrium. Of course, this wine gets treated like a pampered child, with no compromises, and is made to reflect its great terroir on the western Mayacamas hillsides overlooking the Oakville corridor. This is a killer wine and, of the more modern day vintages, is probably closest to the style of 2001. Truly legendary stuff, and world-class in every sense – aromatically, flavor-wise, and in aging potential – this is another statuesque, prodigious effort from Bill Harlan and his winemaking team. Drink it over the next 50+ years. " 99-100 points

"The Maiden is made up of the lighter, softer, more evolved lots culled from the Harlan Estate wine. The Harlan Estate is virtually all Cabernet Sauvignon with a touch of Merlot and Petit Verdot, but interestingly, very little or possibly no Cabernet Franc, which is surprising in view of its neighbor Futo Estate, which is just down the hillside and does such a magnificent job with Cabernet Franc in their blends.

As a postscript, I recently tasted the first Harlan Estate wines, which were never released, as Bill Harlan wanted to set the market on fire with a truly great wine. Looking back on the 1987, 1988 and 1989, the 1987 was tired, but the other two vintages were certainly upper 80-point wines, although nowhere near the quality of his first release, the 1990, or the subsequent great wines that started with the 1991. And speaking of the 1991, I just had two bottles of it at two separate tastings from my cellar, and that wine, at age 24, is still incredibly vigorous, vibrant and majestic. So my aging curves of 30-50 years for recent great vintages are completely understandable, given the fact that the 1991 still has at least another 20 years of life left in it."