Gilgal Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot — Galilee, Israel 2023
Gilgal is one of Israel’s most expressive kosher wine producers — a label whose fruit comes from the cold-climate, high-altitude vineyards of the Golan Heights and Upper Galilee, one of the world’s most distinctive and underappreciated wine-growing regions. The extreme diurnal temperature shifts and volcanic basalt soils of this...Show More >
Gilgal Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot — Galilee, Israel 2023
Gilgal is one of Israel’s most expressive kosher wine producers — a label whose fruit comes from the cold-climate, high-altitude vineyards of the Golan Heights and Upper Galilee, one of the world’s most distinctive and underappreciated wine-growing regions. The extreme diurnal temperature shifts and volcanic basalt soils of this elevated terroir produce grapes of remarkable concentration, freshness, and complexity. The 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot is a classic Bordeaux-inspired blend crafted to express the distinctive character of the Golan growing region and the people who created it — a wine whose style and personality are inseparable from the land. The result is a medium-to-full-bodied, flavorful, and complex kosher red that overdelivers at its price point.
The nose is fresh and inviting: raspberry, cherry, orange peel, and chocolate, with hints of flowers and French oak. On the palate, the wine is medium-to-full-bodied with ripe fruit, well-integrated tannins, and a smooth, flavorful finish balanced by the natural acidity of high-altitude fruit. It is approachable, versatile, and deeply satisfying — the kind of Israeli Bordeaux blend that works equally well on Shabbat or at any dinner table.
"Aromas of raspberry and cherry are balanced by notes of orange peel and chocolate with hints of flowers and French oak. This medium-to-full-bodied blend is flavorful and complex. More than anything, the wine’s distinctive style and personality express the Golan growing region and the people who created it." — Winemaker’s Notes, Gilgal
Producer: Gilgal Winery, Golan Heights & Upper Galilee, Israel
Vintage: 2023
Appellation: Galilee, Israel
Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
Certification: Kosher
Aging: French oak — chocolate, cherry & floral complexity
Best Paired With: Roasted lamb, grilled beef, brisket, herb-crusted chicken, aged hard cheeses
Israel’s benchmark kosher Bordeaux blend at an honest price — Gilgal is the standard for what high-altitude, cold-climate Golan Heights Cabernet-Merlot can deliver.
