2010 | Cadence | Cara Mia Vineyard Camerata

Wholly darker than it's Cabernet-centric cousin Tapteil, Camerata is deep, brooding, and intensely perfumed. Black cherries, plums and raspberries lurk along with minerals and spice.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Ben’s Cabernet Sauvignon-dominated blend from his estate vineyard, the 2010 Camerata Cara Mia Vineyard, checks in at 76% Cabernet Sauvignon and then equal parts Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Perfumed and complex aromatically, with plenty of blackberry, blueberry, violets and resinous herb qualities on the nose, it is beautifully constructed on the palate with a layered, rich texture, juicy acidity and ripe tannin that emerges on the finish. While the most structured and firm of Ben’s 2010s, it still dishes out plenty of pleasure even now. Enjoy bottles over the coming decade.

• Wine Enthusiast: From the estate vineyard, this is a blend of three-quarters Cabernet Sauvignon, with the rest evenly divided among Cab Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Lovely aromatics introduce a sleek, tightly wound wine with crisply defined berry fruit, good tannins, and hints of clean earth. It was aged in 50% new French oak barrels.

Producer Information

Booker Vineyard is a wine producer in Willow Creek District near the border of Templeton Gap District in Paso Robles, California. It makes a number of wines from Rhône Valley varieties with a focus on the red grapes Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. The estate covers roughly 30 hectares (72 acres) southwest of the city of Paso Robles. It was established in 2001 by Eric and Lisa Jensen who bought a section of property left from the Booker brothers' farm – a large tract of land first cultivated by local philanthropists Claude and Dick Booker in the 1920s. The Jensens started as growers supplying local winemakers and earned a reputation for the quality of their grapes. They sold to notable Paso Robles producers including Saxum Vineyards (who make the Booker Vineyard Red) and L'Aventure, before deciding to vinify some of their own fruit from 2005. Booker makes its wine entirely from estate-grown fruit but continues to sell to other producers as well. Booker farms predominantly red Rhône varieties with more than half the vineyard planted to Syrah. However, other grapes such as Tempranillo are planted in small quantities along with some white Rhône staples such as Roussanne, Viognier and Marsanne used in Booker's lone white bottling. Production is limited to roughly 4500 cases annually, most of which is sold through a mailing list.

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