Golan Heights Yarden Single Vineyards Tasting

A blind tasting of excellent wines from the Yarden - single vineyard series from Golan Height Winery.

• 2010 Golan Heights Winery Chardonnay Yarden Odem Vineyard 88 Points

  Israel, Galilee, Golan Heights

  On the nose, mostly nuts. Full bodied and buttery. Round in the palate with nice and predominant acidity. Too heavy, oaky and fruitless to my taste.

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• 2006 Golan Heights Winery Merlot Yarden Kela Vineyard 90 Points

  Israel, Galilee, Golan Heights

  Dark purple color and opaque. High alcohol on the nose and nice red fruits. Full bodied on the palate. Rich with yet predominant tannins. Good!

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• 2007 Golan Heights Winery Merlot Yarden Odem Vineyard 91 Points

  Israel, Galilee, Golan Heights

  Dark purple, opaque. Like the Merlot Kela, it also gives a lot of alcohol on the nose, but also red fruits and well integrated oak. More elegant and calm than the Merlot Kela, but also with a full and round body. Drinkable and enjoyable now. Excellent.

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• 2008 Golan Heights Winery Merlot Yarden 91 Points

  Israel, Galilee, Golan Heights

  Dark purple, not completely opaque. Complex on the nose – red fruits mixed with secondary notes. Full bodied and mouth filling but also somehow elegant. All the components very well integrated. The panel thought this was the oldest between the Merlot tasted, but in fact it happened to be the younger one. The quality of this wine is in no way less than the single vineyards from Yarden.

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• 2005 Golan Heights Winery Merlot Yarden Tel Phares Vineyard 92 Points

  Israel, Galilee, Golan Heights

  Bright ruby color. Complex and expressive. On the nose it gives still good fruit and also earthy / farm notes. Very good structure. Full and round with smooth tannins. Excellent and well drinkable now.

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• 2007 Golan Heights Winery Syrah Yarden Yonatan Vineyard 91 Points

  Israel, Galilee, Golan Heights

  Bright purple color. At the first sip – lots of alcohol on the nose, but then it revels excellent fruit with hints of smoke and vanilla. Full bodied a lot of sweet fruits on the palate. Nice tannins, still sticking. Better to cellar it for a couple of years.

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• 2007 Golan Heights Winery Syrah Yarden Avital Slopes 92 Points

  Israel, Galilee, Golan Heights

  Bright purple color. A lot of red and black fruits, chocolate. Full bodied. Complex and expressive.

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• 2007 Golan Heights Winery Syrah Yarden 91 Points

  Israel, Galilee, Golan Heights

  Bright purple color. Hard to define aromas, may be medicinal? Also nice fruit. Full bodied and round, excellent acidity.

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• 2008 Golan Heights Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Yarden El Rom Vineyard 93 Points

  Israel, Galilee, Golan Heights

  The best of the tasting. Ripe fruits, smoke, chocolate earth and farm smells – very expressive.
  Full bodied, excellent structure, with nice but still stinking tannins, very good acidity. Should be cellared for a few more years in order to smooth and let all the components to integrate.

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• 2010 Golan Heights Winery Gewürztraminer Yarden HeightsWine 88 Points

  Israel, Galilee, Golan Heights

  A bomb of tropic fruits on the nose and palate. Full and thick. Lacking acidity to compensate the sweetness.

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