Wines produced by Buty - Wine Enthusiast Buying Guide

97

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Buty 2007 Champoux Vineyard Red (Horse Heaven Hills)

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Price $55

Marvelously fragrant, with seductive scents of cherries, rocks and chocolate, which, along with the astonishing color saturation, suggest a wine of immense power. The 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Cabernet Franc blend shows perfect ripeness with flavors of rock and acid preserved. This wine has it all—depth, blue and purple fruits, polished tannins—and probably a… — P.G. (8/1/2010)

96

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Buty 2006 Columbia Rediviva Cabernet Sauvignon-Syrah (Horse Heaven Hills)

Editors' Choice

Price $48

This first estate-grown bottling of Rediviva is 55% Cabernet Sauvignon and 45% Syrah. Amazing aromatic complexity grabs you and leads you into the dark interior of the wine, a riot of red and black fruits, moist earth, smoke, anise, herb and toast. Power and elegance combined, with the structure to age for a decade or more. — P.G. (3/1/2010)

96

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Buty 2007 Columbia Rediviva Cabernet Sauvignon-Syrah (Horse Heaven Hills)

Cellar Selection

Price $48

From the winery’s Phinny Hill vineyard, the Columbia Rediviva is 48% Cabernet Sauvignon and 52% Syrah. Complex and satiny, it’s a riveting wine, inky and bursting with a sensuous mix of berry, cassis, mocha, loam, cinnamon and spice. Tremendous density and depth; despite its youth the wine curls around the tongue like thick smoke, showing more and more detail. — P.G. (5/1/2011)

95

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Buty 2008 Sémillon-Sauvignon-Muscadelle Semillon-Sauvignon Blanc (Columbia Valley (WA))

Editors' Choice

Price $25

Beautifully floral, fragrant and evocative, with lush and complex aromas of honeycomb, cracker and citrus, carrying into the mouth with rich, bright, detailed flavors. Stone and mineral elements are woven throughout, and the barrel fermentation adds hints of toast. — P.G. (3/1/2010)

95

points

Buty 2007 Rediviva of the Stones Red (Walla Walla Valley (WA))

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Price $55

Violets and compost dance through the aromas, leading into an intensely fruity palate loaded with sappy berry richness, nuanced with scents and streaks of cured meat, garrigue, earth and graphite. Blending 77% Syrah with 23% Cabernet Sauvignon, it strikes a perfect balance among fruit, earth, and rock. At its core it is still wrapped tight, immaculately clean, and… — P.G. (8/1/2010)

94

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Buty 2004 Rediviva of the Stones (Walla Walla Valley (WA))

Price $40

This 72% Syrah/ 28% Cab Sauvignon blend, from the biodynamic Cailloux vineyard, displays characteristic aromas that mix silage, moist earth, resin, green tea and mixed herbal aromatics. The base flavor is bready, yeasty, leesy; the fruits are compact and hinting at pomegranate, strawberry and red plum. The Cab adds a pleasing minerality to the finish. Cellar… — P.G. (8/1/2007)

94

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Buty 2009 Merlot-Cabernet Franc (Columbia Valley (WA))

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Price $40

Wide open and seductive, this brings together grapes from both Conner Lee (northern Columbia Basin) and Champoux (Horse Heaven Hills). Muscular, ripe and round, the sweet blackberry and cassis fruit is limned with a granite-like minerality. Great concentration and layering—a berry/rock/tannin layer cake. — P.G. (7/1/2011)

94

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Buty 2007 70% Sémillon/26% Sauvignon/4% Muscadelle White (Columbia Valley (WA))

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Price $25

Spicy and detailed, layered with sweet grass and lemon meringue. Shows wonderful dry extract, dense and complex, with terrific midpalate concentration and exceptional length and viscosity. Focused and fragrant, it goes into the deep, bold flavors of the best Washington Sémillon. — P.G. (8/1/2009)

Buty Wines

Buty 2007 Champoux Vineyard Red (Horse Heaven Hills)

Buty 2006 Columbia Rediviva Cabernet Sauvignon-Syrah (Horse Heaven Hills)

Buty 2007 Columbia Rediviva Cabernet Sauvignon-Syrah (Horse Heaven Hills)

Buty 2008 Sémillon-Sauvignon-Muscadelle Semillon-Sauvignon Blanc (Columbia Valley (WA))

Buty 2007 Rediviva of the Stones Red (Walla Walla Valley (WA))

Buty 2004 Rediviva of the Stones (Walla Walla Valley (WA))

Buty 2009 Merlot-Cabernet Franc (Columbia Valley (WA))

Buty 2007 70% Sémillon/26% Sauvignon/4% Muscadelle White (Columbia Valley (WA))

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