Reflecting thoughtful farming practices, our biodynamically grown fruit delivered a notable depth of flavor in 2020. Complex flavors of black currant, plums, black pepper, and mushrooms are layered over herbaceous notes of oregano and bay leaf. The palate is full-bodied with soft tannins and a lingering finish.
Big, broad aromas of black fruit, black pepper and wood smoke give way to well-saturated black cherries, tar and singed rosemary flavors in this dramatic and concentrated wine made from Biodynamic grapes. Tightly knit tannins add great structure to the mouth-feel, setting the wine up for a long life. Made from 63% Syrah, 18% Petite Sirah, plus Mourvedre, Grenache and Viognier. Best from 2026-2036.95 Points, 2020 Vintage
Jim Gordon, Wine Enthusiast
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Customer Reviews
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Timothy D.
Outstanding in Every Way
An exquisite tasting wine that offers depth and complexity. Bonterra Organic ‘Butler’ wine delivers a rich, bright and flavorful wine that pairs well with a grilled ribeye or your favorite pasta dish. Organic grapes with Environmental Commitments is important for me but so must the quality of the wine. A most outstanding wine selection; The Butler did it !
January 4, 2025
Anonymous
I really enjoyed !
I love Bonterra wines, so it was fun to try The Butler. It was a nice, dry wine that I thoroughly enjoyed.
April 28, 2024
Carrie V.
Can’t go wrong
I just love everything about this wine.
June 26, 2023
Timothy D.
One of a Kind
Biodynamic - Single Vineyard makes this a superior wine !!
One of a kind and most exquisite
June 21, 2023
Anonymous
The Butler 2020
I absolutely love this wine.
June 20, 2023
95 Points
2020 Vintage
Wine Enthusiast
95 Points
2020 Vintage
The Tasting Panel
91 Points
2019 Vintage
James Suckling
The fruit for this Rhône-style blend was harvested by hand at optimal ripeness over several weeks. Select vineyard blocks and varieties were fermented separately in stainless steel tanks for 10 to 14 days. The wine aged for 14 months in 100 percent French oak barrels, 12 percent of which were new oak, before the final blend was assembled.
More than 1,500 feet above the Russian River, Butler Ranch drapes over a set of rolling ridge-top knolls on the eastern edge of the California Coast Range, which separates the cool, foggy coastline from the hot and dry interior to the east. The ranch sits at the boundary, surrounded by dense native woodlands, and captures the best of both worlds.
For the 2020 vintage, winter was relatively dry, only bringing about half the amount of rain of an average season. Spring did experience more frost days than a typical season, but with a mild to moderate overall temperatures, bud break and flowering occurred about a week earlier than 2019. The yields of a lot of varietals, including Syrah and Petite Sirah were affected, resulting in lower than normal yields. August and September were warm, bringing a few heat spikes into the region which sped up harvest by a couple of weeks from the average harvest season. Smaller than normal berry size resulted in increased phenolic content and concentration.
The 2020 vintage offers extraordinary finesse, power and intensity. Earthy notes of pepper, game and wild herbs underscore lovely blue fruit aromas on the nose. The muscular palate delivers spicy mixed berries and purple fruit, with charismatic slate-tinged tannins that support the wine throughout the clean, peppery blue fruit finish. The Butler will continue developing layers of character with an additional five to ten years of cellaring.
WARNING: Drinking distilled spirits, beer, coolers, wine and other alcoholic beverages may increase cancer risk, and, during pregnancy, can cause birth defects. For more information go to: www.P65Warnings.ca.gov/BPA.
A 12-bottle set of organically farmed red wines. A great gift for red wine lovers.
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