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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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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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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Big population of small, active and persistent bubbles. Nose: very aromatic with yeasty lemon zest, lavender and rosemary. Ripe white peach and cantaloupe. Palate: full bodied with pleasantly big acid and a good dose of creaminess. Barely but pleasingly perceptible residual sugar. Lemon and lime juice. Metallic minerality and a bit of salinity. Finish: the acid remains strong but this is the weakest component of a still very strong wine. Competes with similarly priced bubbly from elsewhere around the world, this still has a number of years of great drinking.
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Best Israeli bubbly around and easily competes for best kosher bubbles regardless of origin. Sharp bubbles and bracing acidity with balancing warm flavors of yeast and toast. Quite excellent.
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Light gold in color with a rich mousse and sharp bubbles. On the nose, fresh ripe green apples, notes of lemon custard and fresh-baked brioche. Medium to full-bodied with on the palate a crisp and fine mousse that streaks across the tongue with beautifully bracing acidity along with pears, fresh almonds, lemon zest, juicy tangerines and a touch of butterscotchey-ripe apple lingering on the long, satisfying finish. I very much liked to loved all the vintages of this wine but this one is, IMHO, the best one so far. 12% Abv.
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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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8/18/2016 - goodvitis.com Likes this wine: 92 Points
Big population of small, active and persistent bubbles. Nose: very aromatic with yeasty lemon zest, lavender and rosemary. Ripe white peach and cantaloupe. Palate: full bodied with pleasantly big acid and a good dose of creaminess. Barely but pleasingly perceptible residual sugar. Lemon and lime juice. Metallic minerality and a bit of salinity. Finish: the acid remains strong but this is the weakest component of a still very strong wine. Competes with similarly priced bubbly from elsewhere around the world, this still has a number of years of great drinking.
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7/14/2016 - Yagil wrote: 91 Points
Mature Israeli wines tasting (at my home): excellent perfumed Chardonnay Aroma
well balanced, great harmony, sharp and comme il fault!
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4/23/2016 - snbernst wrote:
Pesach
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10/22/2015 - babrams Likes this wine: 91 Points
Best Israeli bubbly around and easily competes for best kosher bubbles regardless of origin. Sharp bubbles and bracing acidity with balancing warm flavors of yeast and toast. Quite excellent.
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2/15/2015 - Moshe F Likes this wine: 93 Points
excellent as always
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11/20/2014 - Lavan79 wrote: 86 Points
overpriced & a little too tart.
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1/11/2014 - Moshe F Likes this wine:
excellent as always.
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11/9/2013 - Yagil wrote: 92 Points
GHW members weekend day #3 (Marom Golan): excellent perfumed Chardonnay Aroma
well balanced, great harmony, sharp and fine!
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11/8/2013 - Yagil wrote: 92 Points
GHW members weekend day #2 (Marom Golan): excellent perfumed Chardonnay Aroma
well balanced, great harmony, sharp and comme il fault!
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2/22/2013 - Yagil wrote: 92 Points
excellent perfumed Chardonnay Aroma
well balanced, great harmony, sharp and comme il fault!
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2/12/2013 - Gabriel Geller Likes this wine: 93 Points
Light gold in color with a rich mousse and sharp bubbles. On the nose, fresh ripe green apples, notes of lemon custard and fresh-baked brioche. Medium to full-bodied with on the palate a crisp and fine mousse that streaks across the tongue with beautifully bracing acidity along with pears, fresh almonds, lemon zest, juicy tangerines and a touch of butterscotchey-ripe apple lingering on the long, satisfying finish. I very much liked to loved all the vintages of this wine but this one is, IMHO, the best one so far. 12% Abv.
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