The Yaffo Winery of Judean Hills

Yaffo Winery
The winery offers 38 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 78 of the estates of Judean Hills.
It is located in Judean Hills

The Yaffo Winery is one of the world's great estates. It offers 38 wines for sale in of Judean Hills to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Yaffo Winery wines

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

The top red wines of Yaffo Winery

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Yaffo Winery

How Yaffo Winery 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), lamb collar with mustard or buns.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Yaffo Winery

On the nose the red wine of Yaffo Winery. often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, earth or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Yaffo Winery. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Yaffo Winery

  • 2009With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.87/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Merlot
  • Carignan
  • Petit Verdot
  • Petite Sirah

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 Yaffo Winery

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Yaffo Winery

How Yaffo Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of butternut and goat cheese gratin, pumpkin and tuna gratin or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Yaffo Winery

On the nose the white wine of Yaffo Winery. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Yaffo Winery

  • 2018With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

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.

The top pink wines of Yaffo Winery

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Yaffo Winery

How Yaffo Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of burger roll, pasta with shrimp or rabbit legs with fresh cream.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Yaffo Winery

  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5

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

  • Carignan
  • Merlot

The word of the wine: Smoked

Qualifier of smells close to those of smoked food, characteristic, among other things, of the Sauvignon grape variety; hence the name of smoked white given to this variety.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Yaffo Winery

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 Yaffo Winery.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Yaffo Winery and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Smoked

Qualifier of smells close to those of smoked food, characteristic, among other things, of the Sauvignon grape variety; hence the name of smoked white given to this variety.

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