The Château Golan is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 18 wines for sale in of Galilee to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Golan wines in Galilee among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Golan 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 Château Golan wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Golan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of tunisian molokheya, leg of lamb with baked potatoes or lemongrass chicken.
On the nose the red wine of Château Golan. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or citrus fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château Golan. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
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.
How Château Golan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or poultry such as recipes of risotto with fresh salmon and zucchini, norman mussels with cider or spaetzle.
On the nose the white wine of Château Golan. often reveals types of flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or tropical fruit.
Most certainly Portuguese, not to be confused with the Touriga Franca also of the same origin. In Portugal, where it is widely cultivated, it is used to produce, among other things, the famous red Porto. It is also found in Uzbekistan, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, etc... very little known in France, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of A1 vines.
How Château Golan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of oxtail and carrot stew, marinated shoulder of lamb or fricadella.
On the nose the pink wine of Château Golan. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or citrus fruit.
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How Château Golan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of wild boar stew in burgundy style or veal cutlets with savoy tomme.
On the nose the natural sweet wine of Château Golan. often reveals types of flavors of oak.
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.
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 Château Golan.
Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
