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Hightower 2008 Merlot (Columbia Valley (WA))
- Editors' Choice
- $25
This is 100% Merlot, and all Red Mountain fruit. Ripe plums and cherries are accented with hints of dried leaves, tobacco, and sweet herb. Baking spices reflect its 20 months in oak, and the wine has a soft finish that is ideal for immediate enjoyment.
— P.G.
(5/1/2012)
Hightower 2007 Red (Red Mountain)
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- $50
A Bordeaux-style blend with half estate-grown (first vintage) fruit, this has pretty, forward, bright and spicy flavors of berries running the gamut from strawberry to raspberry to cherry. Apart from that, there is a tannic push through the midpalate into the finish. It should continue to improve over the next three or four years.
— P.G.
(7/1/2011)
Hightower 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon (Columbia Valley (WA))
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- $35
Lush fruit and generous barrel notes blend in a wine with supple, forward fruit—strawberries especially. The tannins are polished and the finish loaded with caramel and butter. Easy-drinking, forward and full-bodied.
— P.G.
(7/1/2011)
Hightower 2008 Murray Syrah (Red Mountain)
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- $20
Big and bold, loaded with red fruits and sharp acidity, the Murray Syrah from Hightower brings a spicy mix of fruit, loam and mineral. There’s some heat in it as well. The grapes are estate grown, and the Syrah was cofermented with 5% Viognier.
— P.G.
(12/1/2010)
Hightower 2008 Pepper Bridge Vineyard Red (Walla Walla Valley (WA))
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- $28
This wine is 100% Merlot though not labeled as such. Ripe strawberry fruit with hints of spice and pepper. There is some detectable heat in the finish. Pleasant, but rather simple.
— P.G.
(7/1/2011)
Hightower 2008 Out of Line Red (Red Mountain)
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- $25
Named for the estate vineyard, this tasty bottle showcases young (second vintage) grapes with plenty of future potential. Light flavors of berries are matched to caramel and honey-roasted almond notes from barrel aging.
— P.G.
(7/1/2011)
Hightower 2009 Out of Line Red (Red Mountain)
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- $25
This easy-drinking, estate-grown, Bordeaux-style blend tilts more toward Merlot than Cabernet Sauvignon in this new vintage. Medium-bodied and fully ripe, it falls just a little flat on the midpalate, and finishes with a suggestion of alcoholic heat.
— P.G.
(4/1/2012)
Hightower 2007 Merlot (Columbia Valley (WA))
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- $25
Soft and pretty, in the well-established style of this Red Mountain winery. Hints of bramble and leaf annotate soft berry fruit flavors. The acids keep it fresh and a bit of Cabernet Franc (8%) gives it just enough tannic toughness to put a frame around the finish.
— P.G.
(7/1/2011)
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