2014 Cadence Bel Canto Cara Mia Vineyard

Decanter

• By Clive Pursehouse
  Cadence: Producer profile, 2/11/2023, (See more on Decanter...)

  (Cadence, Bel Canto, Cabernet Franc, Red Mountain, Washington, USA, Red) Login and subscribe to see review text.

JamesSuckling.com

• By James Suckling
  3/16/2018, (See more on JamesSuckling.com...)

  (Cadence Red Mountain Bel Canto Cara Mia VIneyard, Red, United States) Login and sign up and see review text.

• By Stephen Tanzer
  Washington: Various Shades of Hot (Oct 2017), 10/1/2017, (See more on Vinous...)

  (Cadence Winery Red Wine Bel Canto Washington Red) Login and sign up and see review text.

Full Pull

• By Paul Zitarelli
  Full Pull House Style, 12/7/2017

  (Cadence Bel Canto Cara Mia Vineyard) Hello friends. A true house style can be elusive for many wineries. Trends ebb and flow, vintage conditions affect available grapes, staff changes—there are hundreds of reasons why a winery might find themselves without a consistent vision. However, a well-executed house style is incredibly important for any winery that wants to succeed. In our corner of the world, a house style sets wineries apart in a sea of stand-out Washington wines; it allows consumers to purchase wine with confidence, knowing exactly what to expect from a bottle they haven’t tasted. Ben Smith has mastered the art of a house style with Cadence, creating a vineyard-focused bordeaux lineup that is consistent year in and year out. His house style focuses on three components: textural elegance, carefully-tended structure, and finely-tuned balance. This style allows Cadence to hyper focus on creating high-quality, delightfully ageable wines from three vineyards on Red Mountain. We’re here today with new releases of two Cadence single-vineyard wines, and a bonus reoffer of the winery’s best-priced bottling, with new reviews and press.Wine Advocate: Copyrighted material withheld. Originally offered December 7, 2017. Excerpts from the original: Those of us who love Bel Canto love it, I think, for its profound Cabernet Franc character. Here the Franc is proportionally a little bit less than previous vintages at 50% of the blend, but it is still ever-present with brooding dark fruit and green, leafy herbs. A wholly delightful surprise to this vintage is the increased percentage of Merlot (38%), which provides lift and silkiness, and the addition of Petit Verdot (12%), whose floral notes shine in this bottling. Texturally, this is as classy as ever. This wine hits the holy trinity of Ben Smith’s house style—it has outstanding textural elegance, boasts a strong yet thoughtful structure, and exists in a place of balance, carefully meeting sophistication with strength, fruit with earth, the rugged with the refined.