Farmhouse Vineyards, Texas High Plains (Texas) 2020

 Katy Jane Seaton and Traci Furgeson presented this delightful wine at the Les Dames d’Escoffier conference in San Antonio.  They and their families are grape growers in the Texas High Plains AVA, an area that is exactly as described: a flat plane with an elevation between 3,000 to 4,000 feet above sea level.  So, even though the days can be very hot, the nights are cool, providing a diurnal shift that allows the grapes to ripen in the day and rest and recuperate at night.  They presented a wine that might easily make you think of a wine from a cooler climate.  It is a blend of 66 percent Malvasia Bianca, 18 percent Orange Muscat and 16 percent Roussanne, bone dry with 12.7 percent alcohol.  It is lean and crisp with white peach, apple, citrus aromas and flavors with floral notes.  They recommend serving the wine with sheep cheeses or prosciutto with ripe melon.