Being in the retail business, especially the wine and liquor industry, makes finding time for Christmas shopping very difficult during the holiday season. It even forces one to sometimes buy the ones he loves a bottle of wine. Such was the case during the Christmas season of 2004. Running out of time to get something for my wife, I opted to buy her a bottle of 2002 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon. Not knowing too much about wine she didn’t seem too interested when I told her that it had received a 96 from Wine Spectator and it was a wonderful holiday gift and that I would only buy her the best. Yea, yea, and it quietly made it way to the wine rack and there it lay until last night.
Since we were going to have a couple fine steaks cooked on the grill I thought it would be a nice time to enjoy her Christmas gift. I’m almost sure she didn’t even realize that what we were drinking was a result of my love for her, but I could tell that she was slowly falling in love with her wine. She, as well as myself, thought this wine was truly fantastic. It was a very dark red in color with a lot of fruit on the nose. It had a wonderful taste of black cherry, and a little bit on oak. It was very well balanced, and had some very soft tannins. This wine truly made an enjoyable meal, memorable.