The Winery Efrat is one of the best wineries to follow in Judean Hills.. It offers 43 wines for sale in of Judean Hills to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Efrat wines in Judean Hills among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Efrat 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 Efrat wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Efrat wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of beef pot au feu (grandma's style), languedoc-roussillon lamb en papillote and its tajine with... or one pot pasta with creamy chicken farfalle.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Efrat. often reveals types of flavors of oak, spices or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Efrat. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
Judean Hills wine region – which is theoretically further divided into the Jerusalem, Gush Etzion and Southern Judean Hills sub-regions – Lies within the Samson region of Central Israel. The Judean Hills (or Mountains) form a low mountain range that dominates the landscape around Jerusalem and the West Bank. Hebron, Bethlehem and Ramallah also lie within the range, which formed the core territory of the Kingdom of Judah where the earliest Jewish settlements were located. Although not one of Israel's better known wine regions (like Upper Galilee and the Golan Heights in Galilee), Judean Hills is an emerging viticultural area, and significant potential has been identified for its future.
As the region's name implies, the topography here is decidedly hilly, with elevations of up to 1000m above sea level. It is precisely this relief that makes quality viticulture possible here, as the semi-desert of the plains below is typically too hot and arid to allow even the hardiest of vines to produce grapes with balanced sugars, acids and phenolics. This is to be expected given the continental nature of the macroClimate here in the Levant, and Jerusalem's latitude of 31 degrees North. Thus the Judean Hills are a fortunate exception in this otherwise desertous Part of the world.
There are very few northern hemisphere wine regions that are capable of producing quality wines this close to the equator, although attempts are being made in India and Mexico, and the southernmost wine regions of China sit on a similar latitude.
Judean Hills vineyards enjoy more rainfall than those in the Negev to the south, and the climate here is characterized by Warm days and cool nights. This elevated diurnal temperature variation is the secret behind the wines' freshness, as it allows the vines to develop Complex sugars and phenolics during the day, then to cool down (and close down) at night, retaining vital Acidity.
The shallow soils of the finer Judean Hills vineyards have a high stone content, which gives them excellent drainage potential.
How Winery Efrat wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of papillotes of simple salmon steaks, quenelles in nantua sauce or king's cake with frangipane.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Efrat. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.
How Winery Efrat wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or goat cheese such as recipes of simple baked roast beef, tomatoes, zucchini, potatoes stuffed moroccan style with... or cannelloni with vegetables.
Rich, full-bodied, corpulent wine.
How Winery Efrat wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or goat cheese such as recipes of cicadas at the chib, trapper's barbecue or pasta with tomato and goat cheese.
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.
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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.
