The Winery Ella Valley of Judean Hills

Winery Ella Valley - 32/35 Vineyard's Choice
The winery offers 44 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 68 of the estates of Judean Hills.
It is located in Judean Hills

The Winery Ella Valley is one of the world's great estates. It offers 44 wines for sale in of Judean Hills to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Ella Valley wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Ella Valley

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Ella Valley

How Winery Ella Valley wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef coarse salt, lebanese lamb meatball or boar in civet.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Ella Valley

On the nose the red wine of Winery Ella Valley. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Ella Valley. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Ella Valley

  • 2004With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2003With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.86/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Petite Sirah
  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Judean Hills

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.

The top white wines of Winery Ella Valley

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Ella Valley

How Winery Ella Valley wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of braised (green) cabbage, bacalhau com natas or spinach and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Ella Valley

On the nose the white wine of Winery Ella Valley. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Ella Valley

  • 2018With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.62/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.57/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Riesling

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. 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 Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

The top pink wines of Winery Ella Valley

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Ella Valley

How Winery Ella Valley wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef bourguignon in the oven of nanou, lamb tagine with artichokes and dried tomatoes or duck legs with honey and orange.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Ella Valley

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Ella Valley. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, red fruit or tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Ella Valley

  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.44/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Petite Sirah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

The word of the wine: Presses

The juice that results from pressing the grapes after fermentation. At the end of the maceration, the vats are emptied, the first juice obtained is called the free-run wine and the marc remaining at the bottom of the vat is then pressed to give the press wine. We say more quickly "the presses". Their quality varies according to the vintage and the maceration. A too vigorous extraction releases the tannins of pips and the wine of press can then prove to be very astringent. Often the winemaker raises it separately, deciding later whether or not to incorporate it totally or partially into the grand vin.

The top sweet wines of Winery Ella Valley

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Ella Valley

How Winery Ella Valley wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of sun wheat or tarte tatin.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Ella Valley

  • 2006With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Muscat of Alexandria

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Ella Valley

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

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

News about Winery Ella Valley and wines from the region

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The Duckhorn Portfolio purchases 107ha vineyard in Paso Robles

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Napa wine property on sale for $35m as historic site sold

A luxury Napa Valley wine property covering around 34 acres (13.6 hectares) has recently been offered for sale at $35m. Listed by real estate agent Cyd Greer, with the Coldwell Banker agency, the Meteor Vineyard Estate features 22.58 acres of vines in the Coombsville American Viticultural Area, close to Napa. It’s predominantly planted to Cabernet Sauvignon with some Petit Verdot. Greer, a leading agent in Napa Valley for more than a decade, told Decanter that Meteor was the most expensive listi ...

The word of the wine: Presses

The juice that results from pressing the grapes after fermentation. At the end of the maceration, the vats are emptied, the first juice obtained is called the free-run wine and the marc remaining at the bottom of the vat is then pressed to give the press wine. We say more quickly "the presses". Their quality varies according to the vintage and the maceration. A too vigorous extraction releases the tannins of pips and the wine of press can then prove to be very astringent. Often the winemaker raises it separately, deciding later whether or not to incorporate it totally or partially into the grand vin.

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