>That 1976 Caymus PN was always a favourite--Charlie Wagner sold me my bottle
>after I tasted it--never equated the wine with Burgundy--I viewed it as a
>full bore testicular California red wine--others in California have made
>Burgundian pinot noir but none with all the richness & charm of this

I suppose the intervening years have mellowed this wine - perhaps had it not
been such a 'raging bull' in youth, it would now be dead?