WINE & LIFESTYLE REPORT
Golan Heights Winery Yarden 2T, red Israel
Tasted November 2011
A wine from Israel made out of Portuguese grapes, which I have to thank my WSET Diploma colleague Chaim Helfgott the opportunity of tasting.
Grapes - Touriga Nacional and Tinto Cão
Appearance - clear and bright with medium plus intensity ruby colour.
Nose - clean, medium plus intensity youthful aromas of brambly black fruits, some ripe cherry, very slight herbaceous note, kind of minty with a cedar undertone.
Palate - dry, medium acidity a bit on the flabby side, high alcohol, medium level of ripe and round tannins, and a full body. Medium plus intensity flavours again with the red and black fruit fruits in place, blueberry, plum, a hint of strawberry, ripe and creamy, seasoned with a good amount of pungent spice, a little black pepper, liquorice and sweet vanilla. Medium length.
Conclusions (15/20)- Good quality, a warming wine from a Mediterranean climate, nicely mellowed, with well resolved round tannins leading to a creamy texture. Fruit driven and heady but slightly flabby. Has nice fruit concentration and length, but would clearly gain with some extra acidity and a better alcohol integration, it's just a bit out there. Love the spicy after-taste which compensates in part for the lack in acidity, balancing out the ripe jammy fruit.
A wine from Israel made out of Portuguese grapes, which I have to thank my WSET Diploma colleague Chaim Helfgott the opportunity of tasting.
Grapes - Touriga Nacional and Tinto Cão
Appearance - clear and bright with medium plus intensity ruby colour.
Nose - clean, medium plus intensity youthful aromas of brambly black fruits, some ripe cherry, very slight herbaceous note, kind of minty with a cedar undertone.
Palate - dry, medium acidity a bit on the flabby side, high alcohol, medium level of ripe and round tannins, and a full body. Medium plus intensity flavours again with the red and black fruit fruits in place, blueberry, plum, a hint of strawberry, ripe and creamy, seasoned with a good amount of pungent spice, a little black pepper, liquorice and sweet vanilla. Medium length.
Conclusions (15/20)- Good quality, a warming wine from a Mediterranean climate, nicely mellowed, with well resolved round tannins leading to a creamy texture. Fruit driven and heady but slightly flabby. Has nice fruit concentration and length, but would clearly gain with some extra acidity and a better alcohol integration, it's just a bit out there. Love the spicy after-taste which compensates in part for the lack in acidity, balancing out the ripe jammy fruit.
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For those of you who can understand it here is the back label for details, would love to have it translated, if anyone can help I would much appreciate it, drop me a line! Here's the winery website, http://www.golanwines.co.il |
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May 2012
And help arrived! Thanks to the attention and kindness of Yael GAI, Golan Heights Winery International Sales & Marketing Manager, I now have the information I longed. Here are the label and back label in English:
And help arrived! Thanks to the attention and kindness of Yael GAI, Golan Heights Winery International Sales & Marketing Manager, I now have the information I longed. Here are the label and back label in English:
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For further information on this wine here's the press release and the technical sheet.
