Hye Meadow Winery

We are very proud our Estate Tempranillo. It showcases our love and diligence from farming to the patience of bringing a crop to bottle. I curse the vineyard often, but it teaches us what it means to go from grape to glass – hard work, a bit of luck and love! Salud! Prost! Here's mud in your eye!

Our estate bottling of “our” Monte! Very proud to release this wine which should age beautifully due to high tannins and a plethora of acid. A rich nose gives way to bright fruit and leather – perfect for Italian food, red sauces and meats.

A robust blend of Italian Stallions, Negroamaro, Montepulciano, Aglianico, and Sangiovese. These heavy hitters combine with an aggressive oak regiment to deliver a full-bodied blend with dark fruit notes and mouth-tingling tannins.

Barbera has long filled-in the low slopes and valleys of Northern Italy. It’s considered a lesser wine to Nebbiolo and, therefore, doesn’t earn the best grape-growing real estate (such as South-facing slopes on hills above the ‘nebbia’ or fog). Despite its lowly position, Barbera is the quintessential ‘wine of the people,’ it’s meant to be enjoyed young. Mish-Mash Flavor: Somehow Barbera wine tastes both rich and light-bodied. One reason is that it has dark staining pigments that dye the wine to near-black. However, the taste of Barbera has notes of strawberry and sour cherry: flavors synonymous with light-bodied wines. Light tannin and high acidity make it taste ‘Juicy’.

The king of Tuscan grapes, enjoyed by kings and popes. Sangiovese is a fruit forward red with hints of strawberry, spice and bright acid which ends with a silky oak finish.

A delicate wine, Riesling demands special handling to avoid crushing the skin and leaking tannin into the juice. We take special care to gently press the fruit and chill it to preserve the delicate flavors of apple and tree fruits with perfumed aromas. With its bright acidity and time in french oak barrels - we hope this becomes your new favorite white!

Dessert Wine

Montepulciano heralds from Tuscany, but loves our Texas heat. Late to Harvest, we think it wants to deliver every ounce of pigmented tannins and color to please the most discerning wine lover. Rich, flavorful and seriously delicious- Red Lovers Rejoice!

Cabernet Sauvignon clone #47 is a cross between Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc vines to make a beautiful wine that produces black currant, pencil box aromas and grassy notes. A shy producer, we hope to highlight what Texas can do to keep this wine on a pedestal for all to enjoy with a spicy oak regiment.

We take the best of our Texas harvest and find a way to blend the perfect wine to enjoy with friends and family. Uniquely made for our spicy cuisine; this fruity and yet firm finish wine will complement any sunset or dinner at the end of a long day!

Petit Verdot (“peh-tee vur-doe”) is a full-bodied red wine that originates in southwestern France (in Bordeaux). It is highly desired as a blending grape in red Bordeaux blends because of its plentiful color, tannin and floral aromas of violet. Because Petit Verdot is such a bold wine, it is commonly added in less than 10% of most wine blends. The wine is also rarely produced as a single-varietal wine Petit Verdot translates close to “little green one” and this is most likely because this grape is a late-ripening, warm climate variety. In Bordeaux, it meant that the grapes were often not quite ready (e.g. a little green) when they had to be picked for harvest.

Known as the “Little Sweet One” for its wonderful, fruity nose – not for being sweet. We make our Dolcetto to accent its strong fruit notes and make it an approachable, every day wine. This one is best to enjoy with friends on a sunny afternoon or an intimate dinner with that special someone.

By definition, Hye Jinx implies “wild or playful behavior.” We believe the richness of Carignan combined with the fruity aromatics of Mourvedre with just a hint of sweetness will bring out the playful side of anyone!

Edel (Noble)+Zwicker(blend) is the name reserved for blended wines of Alsace, France. We think it means seriously delicious delivering a fruity and harmonious nose with a touch of sweetness. These Blends are well known in France and Germany - We hope you find them just as delicious in Texas!

In barrel for 4.5 years, this port exemplifies my approach to winemaking patience. A blend of two wines and a brandy we had made from our wine for us – A Texas rockstar of finesse and taste. So pull that cork, sit back and enjoy with dessert, a good stilton cheese or a cigar.

Cuvee, meaning a blend from mixing wines produced by several vineyards in the same district. These vineyards, in the Texas High Plains, provide the grapes we use to create unique wines. Our wines are like paint on a canvas, which allows us to create something evocative and expressive of the terroir. Discover Texas wine and hospitality in historic Hye, Texas.

Born in 1903 in a tiny town in Northern Mexico, Francisca Garza Benavides inspired everyone around her with her grace, spirit, and love of life. Nicknamed Chica for the sparkle in her eyes that never dimmed, Francisca lived life to the fullest and always made sure everyone had a great time. Her grandson, Hye Meadow Winery owner Mike Batek, hopes that this memorial wine will inspire others with Chica’s joie de vivre. Discover Texas wine and hospitality in historic Hye, Texas.

Chenin Blanc when grown well, as Jim Irwin does, produces high acid with subtle notes of honey and melon. This wine has spent a bit of time in french oak with a bit in stainless steel to keep it fresh. We pair it with salads, chicken, cream sauces and rich dishes like pate.

The first vintage of Neighbors was an idea that came out of necessity. We had 30 gallons of our estate Negroamaro and we have no wood barrel to successfully age that volume. Mike's answer to that was to use one of Garrison’s bourbon barrels. When I was growing up, neighbors helped each other out and generally loaned stuff back and forth. This wine is made from our estate fruit and Dan Garrison’s bourbon barrels. I thought it would be fun to have an all Hye effort. It is dark and rich with just a hint of spice and heat from flavors found only in friendly Hye, Texas! We age these wines in wet barrels, meaning that the barrel is not cleaned once the bourbon is removed. We put our wine into the barrels immediately after Garrison dumps for their bottling, because of this the wine picks up more bourbon characteristics and extra alcohol