2006 Hightower Cellars Red Mountain Red

th release of a Red Mountain appellation wine, is 100% from Red

Mountain grapes. In 2006 one of our Red Mountain vineyards had a very low yield. Scott

Williams of Kiona Winery, very generously offered us a couple of tons from the oldest

(and first) planting on Red Mountain. We think the age of the Kiona grapes adds

interesting nuances to the wine. Although is has the typical Red Mountain mineralness on

the nose and good structure, it has the mellowness and palate of a well aged wine.

The grapes for this wine were handpicked and handsorted to ensure that only the best

grapes were used. We fermented the fruit in small open-top containers no taller than they

are wide to extract greater flavor and color by having more juice in contact with the grape

skins. After gently pressing the wine from the skins the wine aged in small oak barrels for

twenty months. During barrel aging we gravity racked the wine off its lees with a siphon.

Separate lots were blended and bottled in the spring of 2008.

We produced 234 cases