The Winery Galai of Negev

Winery Galai - Blanc de Noirs
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Negev.
It is located in Negev

The Winery Galai is one of the best wineries to follow in Negev.. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Negev to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Galai wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Galai

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Galai

How Winery Galai wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of cocotte chicken roulades, whiskey paupiettes or ramen (noodle) soup.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Galai

On the nose the white wine of Winery Galai. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Galai

  • 2017With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.20/5

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discovering the wine region of Negev

Negev desert wine region of southern Israel is one of the warmest and driest Vineyard areas in the world. It Lies at a latitude of between 31 and 29 degrees North, on the fringes of the Syrian Desert. For a northern hemisphere wine region, this is remarkably close to the equator; just a few degrees closer and it would be deemed a tropical wine region. Negev only receives about 100mm (4 inches) of rain per year, much of which disappears in flash floods.

Modern computer-controlled irrigation is a necessity and water usage is understandably a major issue and is one factor why the wines of the region must reach a quality level to justify premium prices. Despite its unlikely macroClimate, the Negev has been a vine-growing area since ancient times. It may well have been one of the world's very first wine regions – if an area could be seen as such 6000 years ago – and has been enjoying something of a minor renaissance since the 1980s, though it accounts for less than 5 percent of Israel's total vineyard area. As demonstrated in the Judean Hills immediately to the north (and Galilee beyond that), high altitude is the viticultural antidote to low latitude.

Temperatures in the Negev reach great heights during the day but drop significantly overnight, which allows the vines some recovery time. High diurnal temperature variation is almost invariably a bonus for vineyard zones, but if the days are so hot and the nights so cool that the vines actually shut down, the chances of growing grapes with balanced sugars and acids are dramatically Reduced. Thus the quality demands of modern wine consumers have driven Negev viticulture up into the hills, away from the extremes of the desert climate. Even at higher elevations, humidity is low in the Negev, but the vineyards nonetheless enjoy a morning blanket of mist before the heat of the day sets in.

The top red wines of Winery Galai

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Galai

How Winery Galai wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of quick meatloaf, lamb tagine with honey and onions or oven roasted rabbit with mustard.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Galai

  • 2015With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

The top pink wines of Winery Galai

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Galai

How Winery Galai wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of blanquette of veal in the old way (self-cooker), endives with ham or duck casserole with turnips.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Galai

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Galai. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • Merlot

The word of the wine: Ample

Said of a generous wine with a rich body that gives an impression of fullness in the mouth.

The top natural sweet wines of Winery Galai

Food and wine pairings with a natural sweet wine of Winery Galai

How Winery Galai wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef bourguignon with cookéo, tajine with 2 meats and preserved lemons or duck casserole with turnips.

The best vintages in the natural sweet wines of Winery Galai

  • 2005With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Galai

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

News about Winery Galai and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Ample

Said of a generous wine with a rich body that gives an impression of fullness in the mouth.

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