2007 Hightower Cellars Murray Syrah

· 95% Syrah

· 5% Viognier

2007 Murray Syrah is our first Hightower crafted Syrah and our first estate bottled

wine. The grapes were harvested from the Mother Block (Tims moms vineyard) in

late September 2007. The Syrahs nose has this beautiful dark red raspberry with a

classic leather tinge. The spice on the nose seems to a subtle cinnamon like spice.

On the finish there is bitter sweet chocolate.

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 late winter of

2009.

249 cases produced.