The Winery Ramat Negev is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 26 wines for sale in of Negev to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Ramat Negev wines in Negev among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Ramat Negev 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 Ramat Negev wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Ramat Negev wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of tanjia, lamb mouse confit in wine or fried rice noodles with chicken.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Ramat Negev. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, black fruit or non oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Ramat Negev. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
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.
How Winery Ramat Negev wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of salmon carpaccio with pink berries and shallots, samoussa 3 reunionese cheeses or brownies with nuts.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Ramat Negev. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit.
Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.
How Winery Ramat Negev wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of braised beef with carrots, moist parmesan steak or my grandmother's rabbit stew.
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Ramat Negev. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or red fruit.
It is the set of techniques that allow for the pleasant combination of food and wine. Food and wine pairing is based on a few basic principles, such as similarity, complementarity or contrast, and involves all the elements that make up the wine and the food (flavours, textures, aromas, etc.).
How Winery Ramat Negev wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of pasticcio (greece), merguez with lentils or mahi mahi curry with coconut milk.
Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
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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.
