2007 Golan Heights Winery Yarden Blanc de Blancs

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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  2/20/2019 - raccah Likes this wine: 92 Points

  The Yarden Blanc de Blancs is made entirely from Chardonnay grapes grown in the northern Golan Heights, Israel’s coolest viticultural area. The wine is made strictly according to the traditional method (méthode champenoise) including hand harvesting, pressing of whole clusters to increase acidity and fruit flavors, and secondary fermentation in the bottle. Disgorging took place after five years of bottle aging on the tirage yeast.
  The wine has aged beautifully, showing an intense nose of nuts, fruit, lemon curd, peach and apple cobbler, brioche, and nice toast that gives way to ripe green and yellow apple. The mouth on this medium-bodied wine has calmed down with age, it shows less ripe, with baked anjou pear, with a still very acidic core, and small mousse bubbles, with lovely yeast, and orange flavors!! The finish is long and tart with insane grapefruit, bitter and rich grapefruit pith, and lemon zest. Bravo!!!

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  12/31/2018 - raccah Likes this wine: 92 Points

  The Yarden Blanc de Blancs is made entirely from Chardonnay grapes grown in the northern Golan Heights, Israel’s coolest viticultural area. The wine is made strictly according to the traditional method (méthode champenoise) including hand harvesting, pressing of whole clusters to increase acidity and fruit flavors, and secondary fermentation in the bottle. Disgorging took place after five years of bottle aging on the tirage yeast.
  The wine has aged beautifully, showing an intense nose of nuts, fruit, lemon curd, peach and apple cobbler, brioche, and nice toast that gives way to ripe green and yellow apple. The mouth on this medium-bodied wine has calmed down with age, it shows less ripe, with baked anjou pear, with a still very acidic core, and small mousse bubbles, with lovely yeast, and orange flavors!! The finish is long and tart with insane grapefruit, bitter and rich grapefruit pith, and lemon zest. Bravo!!!

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  6/9/2017 - Zweder wrote: 90 Points

  DTC; Israel and Lebanon (@ SS): In the bouquet nutty flavors and also fresh, focused and dry. Beautiful wine.

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  5/10/2017 - Aparritz Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Truly a spectacular bottle of bubbly. Continues to age beautifully without any signs of deterioration.

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  12/23/2016 - Yagil wrote: 91 Points

  Ben Shteinberg Brith after-party (Daphna & Danny home): delicate tropical white fruits nose with yeast notes
  sharp and exact, good acidity level, well balanced, excellent harmony, very good structure, delicate complexity, fine long finish & aftertaste

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