Israeli Wine

Wine has been produced in the Middle East region since the dawn of history...The vineyards were originally planted with ordinary high-yielding varieties and until the 1980s, most of the production was of sweet wines shipped around the world to satisfy demand for kosher wine. Today, however, Israel has a booming domestic wine culture and the fashion is for premium dry wines from such familiar varieties as Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Merlot.

Israel has five major wine districts. From north to south, the first and foremost is Galil/Galilee, which includes the Golan Heights and Upper Galilee regions. The best known Israeli winery is located here, the Golan Heights Winery, which ships under the Yarden, Gamla and Golan labels.

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Dalton Matatia Kosher Red Blend 2018 750ml

Red Blend | Upper Galilee, Israel

Matatia is an extraordinary gift. The wine is full-bodied, well-structured complex and elegant with very good aging potential.

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Dalton Matatia Kosher Red Blend 2018 750ml

Israel. Matatia is an extraordinary gift, honoring the man whose vision is the inspiration for Dalton Winery. Produced during outstanding years and in limited quantities, Matatia is about supreme quality and selectiveness. This wine embodies an eminence which is as rare and exceptional as the man himself. Matatia is a project that is always several years in the making and is named after Mat Haruni, without whom there would be no Dalton Winery.

Pair with turkey, hamburgers, pizza, or even dark chocolate.

Matatia is dark purple in colour, rich with fragrant notes of forest fruit, blueberries and raspberries, spiced with earthy hints of tobacco and licorice. The wine is full-bodied, well-structured complex and elegant with very good aging potential.

All Dalton wines are strictly Kosher Le Mehadrin and Kosher for Passover. They are under the supervision of the Merom Galil Rabbinate, Rabbi Yoseph Mishalil; Beit Din Yoreh Deya, Rabbi Shlomo Machpud; Rabbi Mordechai Ungar of Monsey New York and the Orthodox Union (OU).

The vineyards for the wine were preselected and attended special care throughout the years. Yields were dramatically reduced in order to increase the flavour concentration in the remaining grapes. Harvest was in late September and early October. The grapes for this wine came from separate vineyards that were picked and fermented separately. During fermentation, the grape cap was pumped over several times a day to increase the depth of colour and levels of extraction of the wine in the gentlest way possible.

Before completing fermentation, the wine was pressed out, and the free run wine was separated and used to make this wine. Malolactic fermentation was then encouraged and when completed the wine was racked into a mix of new and old French oak barrels for 24 months. Once the aging was complete each individual barrel was tasted for quality and only the wines of the very highest quality made it to the final blend. The wine was further aged for a year in the bottle before release.