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The Wagner family has farmed the current Caymus property to wine grapes since the 1940s. Until 1972, when the winery was established, the fruit was sold to other area wineries. [4] The vineyard was planted to Nathan Fay's clone of Cabernet Sauvignon in the 1960s. [5] Fay also provided grapes to Stag's Leap Wine Cellars.
Caymus (also, Caymas) is a former settlement in Napa County, California. [1] It lay at an elevation of 105 feet (32 m). [1] Caymus was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Rutherford. [2] It was located on Rancho Caymus, a Mexican land grant, a very notable wine-producing area. [2] [3]
Caymus Vineyards, whose cabernet is a frequent favorite of Wine Spectator, and owner Charles J. “Chuck” Wagner are listed in the records request, as are Wagner's son, Charlie Wagner, and his ...
Rancho Caymus was a 11,887-acre (48.10 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Napa County, California granted in 1836 by acting Governor Nicolás Gutiérrez to George C. Yount. [1] Caymus was the name of a subgroup of Mishewal-Wappo Indians.
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George C. Yount was born in Burke County, North Carolina, but grew up in Missouri.He fought in the War of 1812 and the Indian wars.Yount was a farmer but in 1826, after business difficulties, left his wife and three children in Missouri, and went to Santa Fe and became a fur trapper.
During the 1980s and 1990s, the Hope family grew grapes for various wine producers. In the 1980s, the Wagner family, owners of Napa Valley’s Caymus Vineyards, turned to the Hope family to source Cabernet Sauvignon grapes for their Liberty School label. [6] This began a long-lasting partnership between the two families.