The Winery Barkan of Galilee

Winery Barkan - Winemakers' Choice Special Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 128 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 99 of the estates of Galilee.
It is located in Galilee

The Winery Barkan is one of the world's great estates. It offers 128 wines for sale in of Galilee to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Barkan wines

Looking for the best Winery Barkan wines in Galilee among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Barkan 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 Barkan wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Barkan

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Barkan

How Winery Barkan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of beef stew, uzbek pilaf or chicken and onion quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Barkan

On the nose the red wine of Winery Barkan. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, game or raspberry and sometimes also flavors of black currant, chocolate or raisin. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Barkan. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Barkan

  • 2006With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.54/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Barkan.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Malbec
  • Carignan
  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Galilee

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.

The top white wines of Winery Barkan

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Barkan

How Winery Barkan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of pigeon with bacon and mushrooms, duck breast with honey sauce or pan-fried salmon papillote.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Barkan

On the nose the white wine of Winery Barkan. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Barkan

  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.47/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Barkan.

  • Chardonnay
  • Emerald Riesling
  • Colombard
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

The top pink wines of Winery Barkan

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Barkan

How Winery Barkan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of rosbeef casserole mamie, osso bucco of lamb or carry camaron (gambas) from reunion.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Barkan

  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Barkan.

  • Mourvedre
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Muscat Blanc

The word of the wine: N-M

Negociant-manipulant. Company that buys grapes, sometimes in addition to its own vineyard, elaborates and markets its champagne. Most of the big brands like Moët or Taittinger are N-M.

The top sweet wines of Winery Barkan

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Barkan

How Winery Barkan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or spicy food such as recipes of beef colombo bourguignon style or grilled pork ribs with barbecue sauce.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Barkan

  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Barkan.

  • Carignan

Discover the grape variety: Gewurztraminer

Gewurztraminer rosé is a grape variety that originated in France. It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of vine is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Gewurztraminer rosé can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Jura, Champagne, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Barkan

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 Barkan.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Barkan and wines from the region

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Of all the columns I’ve written this year, this one should have been the easiest to write: open my tasting notes file, sort by year 2021, sort by score, select the top ten highest scoring wines, copy and paste. Go to the pub. But it’s not that simple. Some wines are technically perfect and undeniably excellent, wines I respect greatly that deserve their high scores – but on a personal level, they leave me a little cold. Scroll down to see tasting notes and scores for Matt Walls’ top ...

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The word of the wine: N-M

Negociant-manipulant. Company that buys grapes, sometimes in addition to its own vineyard, elaborates and markets its champagne. Most of the big brands like Moët or Taittinger are N-M.

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