Trust everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Now it's on to the end-of-the-year holiday season. Be sure to check the calendar on our web site (www.heightschateau.com) for upcoming tastings and other events, and there should be new samplers available next week as well. Not many new items to report this week, but here they are:
NEW WHITES:
(new vintage) Cellier du Palais 2008 Apremont @ $12.99
100% Jacquere from the Savoie, clean citrus fruit notes with refreshing acidity and soft minerality
Xavier Flouret 2007 Riesling @ $21.99
Produced by Johannes Selbach of Selbach-Oster, a dry Riesling with generous fruit and crisp acidity
(new vintage) Conundrum 2008 White @ $25.99
A proprietary blend from California that is robust, floral, with a bright tropical taste
(new vintage) Cellier du Palais 2008 Apremont @ $12.99
100% Jacquere from the Savoie, clean citrus fruit notes with refreshing acidity and soft minerality
Xavier Flouret 2007 Riesling @ $21.99
Produced by Johannes Selbach of Selbach-Oster, a dry Riesling with generous fruit and crisp acidity
(new vintage) Conundrum 2008 White @ $25.99
A proprietary blend from California that is robust, floral, with a bright tropical taste
NEW REDS:
Montes 2008 Merlot @ $10.99
Elegant, refined, with a marked fruitiness and touches of pepper and spice
Argiolas 2007 Perdera $14.99
Made principally from the Monica grape, earthy, with blackberry, mint, and eucalyptus flavors
Retromarcia 2007 Chianti @ $18.99
An elegant fruit palate with lingering sweet fruit and acidity and very good balance
(new vintage) Boom Boom 2007 Syrah @ $18.99
From K Vintners' Charles Smith, a complex, rich Syrah that delivers plenty of snap and sizzle, lots of bang for the buck
Poulleau 2007 Bourgogne @ $19.99
A medium-bodied Pinot with lovely red fruit . . . A great value
Alto Moncayo 2007 Garnacha "Veraton" @ $27.99
From 80-year-old vineyards, lots of big ripe fruit, a wine that holds nothing back
Huber 2007 Pinot Noir @ $29.99
Silky, luxurious, a great example of the grape variety
Montes 2008 Merlot @ $10.99
Elegant, refined, with a marked fruitiness and touches of pepper and spice
Argiolas 2007 Perdera $14.99
Made principally from the Monica grape, earthy, with blackberry, mint, and eucalyptus flavors
Retromarcia 2007 Chianti @ $18.99
An elegant fruit palate with lingering sweet fruit and acidity and very good balance
(new vintage) Boom Boom 2007 Syrah @ $18.99
From K Vintners' Charles Smith, a complex, rich Syrah that delivers plenty of snap and sizzle, lots of bang for the buck
Poulleau 2007 Bourgogne @ $19.99
A medium-bodied Pinot with lovely red fruit . . . A great value
Alto Moncayo 2007 Garnacha "Veraton" @ $27.99
From 80-year-old vineyards, lots of big ripe fruit, a wine that holds nothing back
Huber 2007 Pinot Noir @ $29.99
Silky, luxurious, a great example of the grape variety