Yarden Red Wine Mount Hermon Galilee 2022 750 ML

The Wine\nThe 2022 Mount Hermon Red displays attractive cherry and berry fruit characters, along with complex notes of herbs, spice, violets and earth. This flavorful blend makes for great everyday enjoyment.\n\nReady to enjoy now, the 2022 Mount Hermon Red will remain in great drinking condition for about three years from vintage. Try pairing this food-friendly wine with Mediterranean lamb burgers, pasta with a rich ragu, or roasted vegetable moussaka.\n\nThe Vintage\nWhile the winter leading up to the 2022 season started promisingly, with an unusually cold and wet December, total seasonal precipitation finished at only 82 of normal. The lack of late winter rain resulted in restrained vine growth and canopies nicely open to light and air penetration. After an average spring, July saw daily highs 2oC (3.6oF) warmer than usual. Happily, typical weather returned in August, and the absence of weather extremes led to beautiful, and faster than normal, ripening. Ending up as a relatively short eleven-week harvest, 2022 was yet another vintage of excellent quality.\n\nThe 2022 Mount Hermon Red is a blend of the classic Bordeaux varieties of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec. The wines grapes were harvested from vineyards located on the Golan Heights. The wine underwent malolactic fermentation, and was bottled without sterile filtration.\n\nThe Appellation\nThe Galilee (or Galil) is the most northern, and generally considered the best, appellation in Israel. The highest quality area within the appellation is the Golan Heights (or simply the Golan), the coldest region in Israel. The vineyards on this volcanic plateau rise from 400 meters (1,300 feet) above sea level to 1,200 meters (3,900 feet) and receive snowfall in the winter. Golan Heights Winery is located in the town of Katzrin in the central Golan.