CAMi Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013Napa Valley

Last week Laurie Shelton and Trevor Mansfield met with us so we could taste their first vintage of CAMi. Named after their fifth child in 2001, Laurie and Tom Shelton purchased in 2000 this 5-acre property off Silverado Trail in Calistoga. David Abreu planted their Cabernet Sauvignon vines and up until 2013, the fruit was sold to local wineries. In 2006 they replanted the Cabernet Sauvignon part of the vineyard to a new rootstock and as Laurie will say, after Tom’s passing in 2008, “the grapes took on a new spirit”. It was then that Laurie decided to produce her own wine. They are now committed to producing 50% of their production which equates to roughly 150 cases. This is a WOW Cabernet Sauvignon, especially at its price. This was the first wine we tasted in what wound up being a long day of tasting 20+ releases and it was the best wine of the day. Comprised of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot, this Cabernet offers rich blueberry and purple fruit that leads onto the palate with balanced acidity and refined tannins.