What's New at Heights Chateau 10/5/17

NEW WHITES

(new vintage) Ravines 2016 Keuka Village White @ $11.99

a refreshing blend of Cayuga and Vignoles with delightful tree fruit flavors of Bosc pear, green apple, and honeydew melon

Hunewihr 2016 Riesling @ $13.99

From Alsace, with notes of green apple and basil and lots of minerality

Bailly 2016 Quincy @ $14.99

Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire Valley, energetic, mouth-filling, and beautifully concentrated

Villa Sparina 2016 Gavi @ $14.99

A white from the Piedmont with delicate aromas of flowers and fruit, full and rich on the palate

(new vintage) Millbrook 2016 Tocai Friulano @ $14.99

From the Hudson River Valley, with scents and flavors of honeydew, kiwi, and ruby grapefruit

(new vintage) 2016 Chateau Graville-Lacoste Bordeaux @ $15.99

The classic white Bordeaux blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon, with a fresh, lingering finish and remarkable personality

(new vintage) Poppy 2015 Chardonnay @ $15.99

From California’s Santa Lucia Highlands, rich, focused and elegant with only the lightest touch of oak

Pigoulet 2015 Vaucluse @ $15.99

Equal parts Roussanne, Grenache Blanc and Clairette from the south of France, highly aromatic, with ripe stone fruits and sweet spices

Corda 2016 Nuragus di Cagliari @ $16.99

100% Nuragus, a grape native to Sardinia, a white with great natural freshness and aromatic intensity

(new vintage) Proud Pour 2016 Sauvignon Blanc @ $19.99

100% Sauvignon Blanc from California’s North Coast, made in a sunny, fruity style

Vietti 2016 Roero Arneis @ $22.99

Well-balanced and elegant, an unoaked, medium-bodied white from Piedmont with crisp acidity, good complexity, and a lingering finish

Sonoma Loeb 2015 Chardonnay Sangiacomo @ $27.99

A single-vineyard Carneros Chardonnay, medium-bodied, with a satiny texture, warm apple flavors, and notes of baking spices on a long finish

NEW REDS

People’s Wine Co. 2016 People’s Zin @ $11.99

A rich, ripe, spicy Zin made primarily from Lodi grapes, 100% of all profits donated to worthy social causes

Deux Moulins 2016 Pinot Noir @ $11.99

100% Pinot Noir from the Loire Valley, done entirely in stainless steel, bright, fresh and lively

Belles Eaux 2016 Pinot Noir @ $11.99

A Pinot from southwesten France, elegant and complex, with notes of small red fruits, spices, and vanilla

Scagliola 2015 Barbera Mati @ $12.99

A stainless steel Barbera from thirty-year-old vines, youthful and energetic with lots of bright cherry fruit

(new vintage) Chateau Peybrun 2015 Cadillac @ $15.99

A classic Bordeaux blend with an engaging nose of crushed cherries and black currants, and a round, generous, expansive palate packed with lovely berry fruit

(new vintage) Olim Bauda 2016 Barbera La Villa @ $15.99

crunchy cherry fruit and really complex flavors with, a backbone of acidity that is typical of the wines of this area

Sella & Mosca 2012 Carignano del Sulcis @ $15.99

From Sardinia’s premier wine estate, an elegantly structured Carignan with aromas of black plum and Mediterranean herbs and a round, enveloping palate with firm, silky tannins providing the framework

(new vintage) Le Colombier 2016 Vacqueyras @ $16.99

An 80/20 blend of Grenache and Mourvedre, broad and palate-coating, offering weighty black and blue fruit and bitter chocolate flavors, with slow-building spiciness

(new vintage) Martin Ray 2016 Pinot Noir @ $18.99

Classic Sonoma County Pinot, with notes of ripe elderberry, black cherry, aromatic wild rose, and spicy cola, with slightly earthy undertones

(new vintage) Mocali 2015 Rosso di Montalcino @ $19.99

100% Sangiovese from Tuscany, delicately dry and aromatic, with long-lasting flavors

(new vintage) Zisola 2014 Nero d’Avola @ $22.99

A Sicilian classic, with aromas of tilled soil and dark-skinned fruit, dried cherries and a hint of licorice on the palate

Giacosa 2014 Barbera @ $24.99

Lively, generous, and full-flavored, with an intense bouquet of sour cherries and spices

Vietti 2015 Barbera Tre Vigne @ $24.99

A medium-bodied red with fresh acidity and soft tannins, well-balanced with a good integration of oak and red cherries on the finish

(new vintage) Montevertine 2015 Pian del Ciampolo @ $29.99

The winery’s entry-level offering, a lithe and light style of Sangiovese with fresh red cherry fruit aromas, made for earlier drinking

Chateau Montelena 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon @ $55.99

ripe and rich, pure and well delineated, a very structured Napa Cab

Farella 2012 Cabernet @ $75.99

A Napa Valley Cab that is robust yet supple, with flavors of blueberries and raspberries

(new vintage) Shafer 2013 Hillside Select @ $315.99

seamless and light on its feet, with classic Stags Leap tannins that are ripe and ready for aging