A Mediterranean style blend, made from grape varieties cherry picked from Carmel’s finest vineyards, from all over Israel.

GRAPE VARIETIES
37% Carignan
26% Shiraz
20% Petit Verdot
15% Petite Sirah
5% Malbec
2% Viognier

APPELLATION
Shomron.
The wine comes mainly from the Shomron Wine Region, but there are also components from the Upper Galilee, Judean Hills and Negev in the final blend.

WINEMAKING
Each variety was vinified and aged separately for 7 months in small French oak barrels, and then the final blend was made and returned to barrel for a further 8 months. The wine was then aged in bottle for over 12 months before release. It was unfined and only coarsely filtered and therefore will throw a light sediment over time.

TASTING NOTE
Carmel Mediterranean is made in the ‘old world’ style. It is deep purple with an aroma of black cherries, leather and truffles. The wine is elegant, with a delicate balance between fruit, tannin and acidity. It is considered suitable for aging.

WINEMAKER
Carmel’s chief winemaker is Lior Laxer, ex lawyer and award winning sommelier. After deciding on a career change, he studied winemaking & graduated in Beaune, France. He followed this by gaining valuable work experience in Burgundy, Bordeaux and Australia. He also worked with Michel Rolland, the world’s most famous winemaking consultant. He joined Carmel in 2003 and became chief winemaker in 2005.
Laxer likes to make elegant wines with refreshing acidity. It is particularly important to him that the finished wine will be fruit led, not dominated by oak.

CARMEL WINERY
Carmel is the historic winery of Israel, being founded in 1882 by Baron Edmond de Rothschild, owner of Chateau Lafite in Bordeaux. Carmel owns the two largest wineries in Israel at Rishon Le Zion and Zichron Ya’acov, and new state-of-the-art small wineries, Kayoumi Winery in the Upper Galilee and Yatir Winery at Tel Arad in the Negev.

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