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MILBRANDT VINEYARDS
Sentinel 2006 Red, Washington State
Our inaugural release of Sentinel comes from our Northridge Vineyard on Eastern Washington's Wahluke Slope. Established in 2006, the Wahluke Slope is a sub-region within the Columbia Valley appellation. Located midway between Seattle and Spokane it is bordered by the Columbia River to the southwest and Hanford Reach National Monument to the east. The climate here is warm enough during the day to fully ripen grapes, yet cool enough at night to ensure bright acids and firm tannins. Northridge is a south-facing site set above the floods of 10,000 years ago. Its ancient soils give us some of our most concentrated and complex wines.
Our Sentinel wines express the true character of a single terroir. Often a blend of varieties, it is meant to showcase the climate, topography and geology of a great site in a great vintage. The 2006 Northridge captures the extraordinary complexity of the ancient soils from our Northridge Vineyard. Composed primarily of Bordeaux varieties and aged in French oak (50% new), it is the finest wine we produce.
Dark, concentrated and powerful, this wine delivers a potpourri of flavors -- blackberry, plum, cassis, maple and vanilla. The palate is plump, lush and velvety. The finish is muscular, dense and serious.
Composition: Cabernet Sauvignon (41%), Merlot (29%), Petit Verdot (12%), Malbec (12%), Petite Sirah (6%)
Vineyards: Northridge
Alcohol: 14.3%
TA: 0.59
pH: 3.61
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