The answer is the Caymus 40th Anniversary 2012 Cab with 21,797. At an average price of $57.98 that’s $1,263,790. The average rating in CT is just under 90 points. I guess Chuck Wagner is laughing all the way to the bank.
Wow, 2000 Lynch Bages has been the king for nearly a decade. Unseated.
Nearly 22,000 bottles of crap for $57 a bottle. Scary.
Not really since it means these folks are not buying up the stuff I like.
Looks like 2000 LB is pretty non-controversial!
Not really since it means these folks are not buying up the stuff I like
This is a great point. If everyone wanted what we want then wines would be scarce and cost more. I am still glad the world thinks German Riesling is sweet and they don’t like it. Prices have not gone up and in some cases Spats and Ausleses have gone down a bit.
Not only that but if I read it right, no other domestic wine even comes close. The 2007 Insignia is at 12,990 bottles (18th place), and other than a couple other Insignias, the US doesn’t show up again until 59th place, sorta, it being Dominus at 8700 bottles and change.
In five years, take a look at erics list again. You will probably still see # 2,3,4, and 5 but caymus will have dropped significantly.
That is my prediction for this wine. People will be popping these puppies at any and every change to lower their inventory.
Why is there so much Pontet-Canet in the top 20… 5 vintages…
Price is low compared to the scores is what I guess. And tons of availability.
22,000 bottles that are listed in CT. There must be a huge number of bottles of the wine that were sold but not entered into CT. I was in Napa recently and just happened to drive by Caymus and the huge parking lot was totally full. Last time I was there 30+ years ago it was just Charley Wagner in his blue overalls behind the counter pouring wine and not another person in the tasting room. How things have changed.
Here are the top wines by bottle count independent of vintage:
The reality of Cab is that as much as we around here are quite familiar with the new Napa iconic targets like Schrader and the like, most people I run into don’t know who Schrader is, who Scarecrow is but you tell them you have a bottle of Silver Oak or Caymus cab on the table, that bottle will be the first bottle to get emptied/receive attention. Adrian’s list explains that truth.
The number 1 wine sold at Berns is Caymus. It’s a popular wine.
The 2012 Caymus being #1 does not surprise me. I forget the exact number, but the Wine Spectator stated that there were over 120,000 cases produced when they reviewed the wine a few months ago. That is a lot of wine!
Thanks,
Ed
Of course, that’s when they were still making great wine. The old man knew what he was doing when it came to the winemaking side of the equation. The kids know how to make money, though. I’m curious. Has anyone put the new Caymus cab side by side with the Belle Glos “pinot” in a blind tasting and been able to tell the difference between the two?
22 of the top 26 wines are Cabernet. Two Rhones and two Sauternes. Diversity…
Does that mean we would actually have to taste them both?! ![[truce.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/d/d33e712b50d5efc2425bf219c404fbdb7ed0ba50.gif "truce"){kind=small}
BDX-style producers usually have many fewer bottlings than pinot, zin, etc producers.
The list by producer - Williams Selyem and Ridge right up there, just spread over many more bottlings.
Joseph Phelps 0.5% Bottles (173,654)
Caymus 0.5% Bottles (164,757)
Ridge 0.5% Bottles (158,159)
Château Pontet-Canet 0.4% Bottles (151,746)
Château Lynch-Bages 0.4% Bottles (147,800)
Williams Selyem 0.4% Bottles (144,352)
Penfolds 0.4% Bottles (142,566)
Château de Beaucastel 0.4% Bottles (142,181)
Silver Oak 0.4% Bottles (140,549)
Louis Jadot 0.4% Bottles (133,103)
Quilceda Creek 0.4% Bottles (130,071)
Kistler 0.4% Bottles (129,710)
Château Léoville Barton 0.4% Bottles (127,139)
Château Mouton Rothschild 0.4% Bottles (123,743)
Turley 0.4% Bottles (122,654)