The Winery Assaf is one of the world's great estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in of Galilee to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Assaf wines in Galilee among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Assaf wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Assaf wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Assaf wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison), poultry or beef such as recipes of duck breast with honey-orange sauce, chicken on a bed of summer vegetables or greek moussaka.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Assaf. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Assaf. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Galilee is an administrative and wine region in Northern Israel. Its name is perhaps most widely recognized in the context of Lake Galilee, via its associations with the Bible, but it is now steadily becoming known as a wine region. 'Water into wine' is not a New theme for the Galilee region as the story of the wedding at Cana, in which Jesus turns water into wine, is widely thought to have its origins here.
The Galilee (Galil in Hebrew) is located in the northern most reach of the couunty, with Golan Heights to the east and the Coastal Plains to the west.
The region is (unofficially) subdivided into Upper Galilee, Lower Galilee and the Golan Heights, with the latter confidently emerging as one the most interesting New World regions of the Old World. Lower Galilee is by far the smallest in terms of area under Vine, with just a small viticultural district around Mount Tabor, the iron-rich terra rossa soil of which bears more than a passing resemblance to that of Coonawarra.
The vineyards of Upper Galilee and the Golan Heights are considerably more widespread, scattered over almost every Part of Israel's northeast corner. Thus the soil profiles vary considerably, offering greater choice to contemporary vignerons seeking out their preferred terroirs.
Among the soil types in Upper Galilee and the Golan Heights are free-draining gravels, limestone based and mineral-rich volcanic basalt all of which are found throughout reputable wine producing areas of the world.
The landscape throughout Galilee is characterized by rocky elevations of well over 450 meters (1,500ft), with the landscape peaking at Mount Meron (1,210m/4,000ft) in the far north of which creates undulating topography. The cool elevations and relatively high rainfall in this area (for what is essentially a semi-desert region) allows for Grapes to retain their Acidity and therefor wine that is atypically fresh and vibrant. Very few wine regions at 33 degrees latitude are capable of producing wine of this quality – those that do are, like Galilee, reliant on high altitude to compensate for their low latitude.
How Winery Assaf wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of chicken and shrimp jambalaya, baked monkfish fillets with tomato or rice with milk.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Assaf. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.
It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.
How Winery Assaf wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or goat cheese such as recipes of tata simone's dumplings, sauté of lamb with curry or goat cheese and tomato cake.
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Assaf. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, vegetal or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.
Equivalent to effervescent, this term is used among others to designate the "natural sparkling wines" produced in the Montlouis appellation.
Planning a wine route in the of Galilee? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Assaf.
From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.
