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Buty Winery Merlot/Cabernet Franc 06

54% Merlot & 46% Cabernet Franc

Columbia valley

From the winery: The nose of Washington marrionberries, vanilla and cedar is loaded from attack to finish aided by a glycerin weight and supple texture. The merlot dominates the young palate with cab franc offering grip and fragrance.

Annually we offer a selected blend of cabernet franc and merlot. Conner Lee Vineyard's fruit is 80% of this blend offering the elegant and perfumed tones. The merlot harvested from Conner Lee Vineyard is now mature at 15 years old. The cabernet franc harvested from both Champoux Vineyard and Conner Lee is 9 and 16 years old, respectively. Conner Lee's sandy soils, cold spring and fall nights retain natural fruit acids while the hot summer heat consistently ripens these fruits. Seventy miles south, Champoux Vineyard's growing season is longer in the Horse Heaven Hills offering sweet black fruit. Both vineyards consistent high qualities are from mature daily management in the vineyard.

The 2006 vintage comes across to me like the 2003s and perhaps the 1992s only more sophisticated and aromatic. Youthful and accessible now, the intense fruit, balanced oak and tannin, will allow this wine to age ten years or more.

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