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Yarden Mount Hermon
Winery: Golan Heights Winery Year: 2004 Type: Red Country: Israel (Upper Galilee) Grape Variety: 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, 51% Merlot, 16% Cabernet Franc Note: Alcohol: 13.9% Mevushal: No Date Reviewed: 2/9/07
Color: 2.5 (of 3) Note: A beautifully deep, rich ruby color. Very nice!
Aroma: 5.5 (of 7) Note: A bit of a sour scent with fruit aroma's of black cherries, ripe blackberries along with jam and wood.
Taste: 7.5 (of 10) Note: I've always enjoyed Golan Heights' Mount Hermon in the past, but I don't recall it ever being this harsh before. This vintage is really a surprise to me. It's dry with medium tannins and nice fruit flavors of black cherry and blackberry that compliment spicey pepper and oak flavors nicely. But it's a little rough at the edges and has a bitterness at the finish that's not welcome at all. I always liked this wine before, but I can't recommend it now, not the 2004 at least. I can't guarantee that this vintage will improve with age, but I certainly hope so. I have more bottles!
Total: 15.5 (of 20)
Food: I had it with spaghetti and meatballs and, based on past experience with Mount Hermon, I really expected better!
Compare to : Chateau Le Breuil Renaissance Medoc Bordeaux Barons de Rothschild Haut Medoc Bordeaux Chateau Camplay Bordeaux Superieur Domaine du Castel Petit Castel
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