The Carmela Winery of Samaria

Carmela Winery - Appellation Upper Galilee Chardonnay
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 202 of the estates of Samaria.
It is located in Samaria

The Carmela Winery is one of the best wineries to follow in Samaria.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Samaria to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Carmela Winery wines

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

The top white wines of Carmela Winery

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Carmela Winery

How Carmela Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of barbecued filet mignon, potato and smoked salmon gratin or leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche.

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

  • Chardonnay

Discovering the wine region of Samaria

The wine region of Samaria of Israel. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Tishbi or the Domaine Tura produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Samaria are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Samaria often reveals types of flavors of citrus, pear or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit or smoke.

In the mouth of Samaria is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth. We currently count 20 estates and châteaux in the of Samaria, producing 116 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Samaria go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese.

The top red wines of Carmela Winery

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Carmela Winery

How Carmela Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of monkfish tail with white butter, rice with paprika and merguez or steak tartare.

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Carignan

Discover the grape variety: Carignan

Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Carmela Winery

Planning a wine route in the of Samaria? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Carmela Winery.

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 Carmela Winery and wines from the region

Kylie Minogue launches her wine range in the US

The ‘Spinning Around’ singer launched the wines on her birthday in 2020 as part of a collaboration with London-based Benchmark Drinks. The firm, founded by former Accolade Wines chief executive Paul Schaafsma, specialises in celebrity partnerships. It has also launched wines in tandem with Sarah Jessica Parker, Ian Botham and Graham Norton. Yet the Kylie Minogue range has been one of the star performers, selling 3.5 million bottles in the UK and a further 1.5 million bottles in 15 international ...

Alsace’s Domaine Zind-Humbrecht: 2019 releases tasted

It is always reassuring to find flourishing examples of family continuity in French wine estates. At the famous Domaine Zind-Humbrecht in Alsace, Pierre-Emile Humbrecht is the latest to join the family business. In preparation, he studied at the Changins School of Viticulture and Enology in Switzerland and then completed internships at wine estates, beginning with Thérèse Chappaz in that same country for 18 months, followed by a six-month period at Domaine Tissot in the Jura and then nearly eigh ...

Amanda Barnes wins John Avery Award for The South America Wine Guide

Amanda Barnes has been awarded the John Avery Award for her The South America Wine Guide book, which was described as ‘heralding a new era’ in wine travel books. The book, which is the result of a decade of research conducted by Barnes while travelling the continent, details the wine regions, wines and producers of Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru. It highlights over 70 wine regions and maps out 40 in detail — many of which have never before been mapped or documented in the En ...

The word of the wine: Extraction

All the methods (pumping over, punching down) that allow the colour and tannins to be extracted from the grape skin during maceration, before fermentation begins. It is also possible to macerate after fermentation, but gently, so as not to extract the tannins from the seeds, which are greener. Because of its solvent power, alcohol favours extraction.

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