The Single Vineyard range of wines is Carmel Winery’s premier label. Each wine represents the character of the chosen grape variety and the terroir of the specific vineyard. Carmel was the first Israeli winery to launch a range of single vineyard wines from vineyards such as Kayoumi and Zarit in the Upper Galilee and Sha’al on the northern Golan Heights. The wines are nurtured from the vineyard to the bottle with the care and attention to detail of the smallest high quality winery. The wines represent Carmel’s ability to select and separate the best plots in the finest vineyards and to transform them into wines of the highest quality. Each wine is made in small quantities and is very strictly allocated.

KAYOUMI CABERNET SAUVIGNON, Upper Galilee
This single vineyard red wine was produced 100% from Cabernet Sauvignon grapes, grown in the Kayoumi vineyard, in the foothills of Mount Meron. The wine was aged for 15 months in small French oak barrels. It has a rich purple color, with lively aromas of cassis, blackcurrant and Mediterranean spices. The wine is full bodied with a long well balanced finish.

KAYOUMI SHIRAZ, Upper Galilee
A 100% Shiraz from the Kayoumi vineyard in the foothills of Mount Meron. The wine was aged in small, French oak barrels for 15 months. It has a deep purple, red color and the nose is rich and complex showing aromas of berries, black pepper and roasted coffee beans. Full bodied with a long finish.

SHA’AL GEWURZTRAMINER LATE HARVEST, Galilee
This wine was made from late harvested Gewurztraminer grapes, grown in Sha’al vineyard in the northern Golan Heights. It is a medium bodied, sweet dessert wine, but has good balancing acidity. The nose will reveal apricot, cinnamon, rose petal and honeyed flavors. An exquisite wine, with a long, silky finish.

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. 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 at Ramat Dalton in the north and Tel Arad in the south.
Carmel has vineyards in all the quality growing regions of Israel and is particularly well represented in the premium Upper Galilee.
Carmel’s wines range from the prestige Carmel Limited Edition, one of Israel’s finest wines, to Carmel Selected, Israel’s largest selling brand. Their labels/ brands are:
Carmel Limited Edition, Single Vineyard, Appellation, Private Collection and Selected.

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