2020 Yarden Golan Height Pinot Noir

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Type of Wine Red
Country Israel
Region Golan Heights
Winery Golan Heights Yarden
Year 2020
Grape Pinot Noir
Content (Alc) 0.75 ltr (13.5%)
Drink window 2022 - 2030
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Is Israel a wine country? Certainly, and for a very long time. Thousands of old wine presses have been found. The oldest is estimated to be over 6500 years old. So yes, Israel is actually a very old wine country. But on the other hand, only since 1880 has there been investment in viticulture again, thanks to Baron Edmond de Rothschild (Lafite). So if you look at it that way, Israel may well belong to the New Wine Lands. Although Israel originally has a warm climate, the vineyards of this winery are still classified as 'cool climate' due to the high location. This, in combination with the volcanic subsoil, makes their wines among the best in the world. The most famous wine guide on Israeli wines, Rogov, gives Golan Heights Winery 5 stars and writes: “From the time they produced their first wines in 1984, there is no doubt that Golan Heights Winery has placed Israel on the world wine list. They are the leader in quality in the country. The chief winemaker, Victor Schoenfeld, knows what he is doing. He was trained in California, France and Australia and combines old and new world style”. The Yarden wines are the figurehead of the winery. Here the most beautiful grapes from the best vineyards come together. The name refers to the Jordan River (Yarden in Hebrew), which separates the Golan Heights from the Galilee.

The Yarden Pinot Noir is made exclusively from Pinot Noir fruit that comes from cool high altitude vineyards in the northern Golan Heights. The wine matures for 16 months in mainly new oak barrels. The Yarden Pinot Noir has a beautiful bright red color. On the nose it has tobnn of fresh raspberry, cherry and strawberry fruit mixed with notes of white flowers, spices and hints of smoke and a hint of oak. This Pinot is medium bodied and very elegant and tasteful. The Yarden Pinot Noir is an excellent accompaniment to a fillet steak, duck jam, or roasted salmon with a shiitake mushroom sauce.

Vineyard for 2020 Yarden Golan Height Pinot Noir

Is Israel a wine country? Certainly and for a long time. Thousands of old wine presses have been found. The oldest is estimated at over 6,500 years. So yes, Israel is actually a very old wine country. But on the other hand, investments have been made in wine growing again since 1880, thanks to Baron Edmond de Rothschild (Lafite). So if you look at it this way, Israel might be one of the New Winelands. In any case, it is rather unknown, so there is still much to discover. Like everywhere in the world in the best wine regions, everything revolves around the 'terroir', the combination of soil and climate.

Similarly in Israel at Golan Heights Winery. Although Israel originally has a warm climate, the vineyards of this winery, due to its elevated position, are still classified as 'cool climate'. This, combined with the volcanic subsoil, makes their wines among the top in the world. The most famous wine guide on Israeli wines, Rogov, gives Golan Heights Winery 5 stars and writes, “From the time they produced their first wines in 1984, there is no doubt that Golan Heights Winery has placed Israel on the world wine list. They are the leader in quality of the country. The chief winemaker, Victor Schoenfeld, knows what he is doing. He has had his training in California, France and Australia and combines old and new world style ”. The Yarden wines are the figurehead of the winery. Here the most beautiful grapes from the best vineyards come together. The name refers to the Jordan River (Yarden in Hebrew), which separates the Golan Heights from the Galilee. In addition to the Yarden wines, there are the Gamla wines. Gamla was an ancient city on the Golan Heights, after which these accessible wines are named. Slightly less complicated but very pure.

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Type of Wine Red
Country Israel
Region Golan Heights
Winery Golan Heights Yarden
Grape Pinot Noir
Biological certified No
Natural wine No
Vegan No
Year 2020
Drinking as of 2022
Drinking till 2030
Alcohol % 13.5
Alcohol free/low No
Content 0.75 ltr
Oak aging Yes
Sparkling No
Dessert wine No
Closure Cork
Tasting Profiles Complex, Dry, Fruity, Aged on wood, Mineral, Red fruit, Flexible, Tannines, Full
Drink moments Indruk maken, Lekker luxe, Open haard
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