Upper Galilee Chardonnay

Galilee Chardonnay

  • Galilee, 
  • israel

Latest Awards

  • 90 points Best Buy Wine Enthusiast , May 2025
Background

Located in Israel's Merom Ha'Galil within the Upper Galilee, the newly built Recanati winery is a showcase winemaking facility, equipped with the most innovative technology available today. It obtains its grapes from some of the area's finest high-altitude vineyards, which enjoy a climate similar to that of California's Napa Valley. Warm days and contrastingly cool nights, together with chalky-gravelly soil conditions and limited rainfall, create an ideal environment in which to nurture these classic varieties. Owned by Lenny Recanati, a native of Israel with ancestral roots stretching back to Italy, the winery is the fruit of Lenny's life-long dream to produce truly world-class wines. Chief winemaker is Kobi Arviv, known for his creative work and authentic winemaking philosophy. Arviv's use of ancient and unique techniques, alongside the technological advances of today, raises the quality bar for Israeli wines.

Winemaking & Aging

After hand harvesting, the grapes are gently pressed as whole clusters to preserve maximum levels of aroma and flavor.

Tasting Notes

Pale straw gold. Delicate aromas of tropical fruit with subtle nuances of caramel and hazelnut. Full bodied and harmonious, concluding in a long, smooth finish.

90
Points

Charming aromas of lemon curd, apple tart, orange peel, Fuji apple and Bosc pear open on the nose, bolstered by a kiss of dried hay. The palate is creamy in texture with more reserved flavors than the nose. Well-integrated acidity rides under the fruit in a supporting rather than lead role. Palm Bay International. Best Buy. —R.S.

Wine Enthusiast - May 2025

grape varieties

100% Chardonnay

Sizes

750ml, 750 ml

technical details
  • ABV: 12.00%
  • Closure: Cork
  • Vegan
winemaker

Kobi Arviv

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