Dick Bonder
Grape Fermenter
Posts:484
 | | 02/09/2003 2:19 AM |
| Purchased for $18. Deep red, slightly opaque, no sediment. Nose a mixture of sharp red fruit such as red currant and cranberry, with light tones of darker fruit such as blackberry. Mouthfeel more substantial than suggested by appearance, but tannins were soft and light. I decided to not decant this due to its already agreeable acid and tannin structure. First tastes were chewy with some red cherry, blackberry, and a relatively short piquant finish of red fruit and a hint of passionfruit. Intermittent waves of smoke. Overall, the tastes were erratic and not pronounced and layering was disjointed. A worthy experiment, but an 85 at very best. Nice to vicariously travel around the globe.
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love_cab_chard
Master of Wine
Posts:12501
| | 02/09/2003 5:25 AM |
| | Interesting. I would be interested to see if you find some Wine that you can recommend from Israel. I would definitely check it out... | | | |
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ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts:11169
| | 02/09/2003 5:35 AM |
| | I've had a few Israeli wines and they were really, REALLY bad. I wanted to like them. I think the last one was something called President and it was a sparkling wine. Well, I think it was supposed to be sparkling. It was putrid. It actually made some of the NY wines taste OK by comparison. Being Jewish and with relatives in Israel, I really wanted to like their wines, but the best I've had were bad. The worst were undrinkable. I don't claim to be an authority on Israeli wines, but my experience hasn't been good. | | | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts:13711
| | 02/09/2003 4:43 PM |
| It is funny, I have a former employee who I am still friends with who went to Israel a few years ago and she had some Israeli wine while she was there. She said she found a few she liked, but, then again, I think her tastes differ a lot from mine, plus, she had no points of reference to frame them around. Several months later, she attended a wine thing at my home and I think the wines I had kind of floored her. I wonder what she'd think of those Israelli wines now.  | |
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love_cab_chard
Master of Wine
Posts:12501
| | 02/09/2003 6:21 PM |
| Board_O: That's my point. I really want to try/find some that are drinkable.
But, I have been running into some Kosher Wines that are drinkable (lately). And, I heard that the quality of those is improving... | | | |
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rjs3
NJ
Barrel Filler
Posts:1124
| | 08/28/2003 11:40 AM |
| | The Tishbi Reserve are not bad - had the Merlot and Cab, the Cab being better. Other than that, haven't found many either, which makes it difficult given that we have some very traditional friends who invite us for Friday nite dinner and won't serve anything other than Kosher with dinner. | | | |
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Jeremy Matthew
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2067
| | 08/28/2003 11:11 PM |
| rjs,
Take Champagne, there are a number of Kosher houses. LCC very kindly provided me with a list and a thread link. I'll see if I can find the link.
To all and sundry- are their many Israeli wineries? | | | |
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rjs3
NJ
Barrel Filler
Posts:1124
| | 08/29/2003 11:41 AM |
| | I think there are a good number, but nothing like even Australia or NZ. However, few make very good wine. | | | |
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Jeremy Matthew
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2067
| | 08/29/2003 11:37 PM |
| | Cheer Rjs3. | | | |
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rjs3
NJ
Barrel Filler
Posts:1124
| | 09/14/2003 4:38 PM |
| | Thanks -- were you able to find that Champagne link ? | | | |
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Jeremy Matthew
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2067
| | 09/16/2003 2:36 AM |
| Try this
Kosher link
Hope that helps.  | | | |
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rjs3
NJ
Barrel Filler
Posts:1124
| | 09/16/2003 4:47 PM |
| | Thanks. Have you heard of Beckett Flat ? | | | |
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Jeremy Matthew
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2067
| | 09/16/2003 11:33 PM |
| | No I haven't. Should I have? | | | |
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rjs3
NJ
Barrel Filler
Posts:1124
| | 09/17/2003 8:14 PM |
| | It's Australia, Barossa Valley, kosher but very nice shiraz. | | | |
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Jeremy Matthew
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2067
| | 09/17/2003 10:55 PM |
| I'll see if I can source any.
Cheers. | | | |
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