A drone over the vineyards of Tavor Winery/courtesy of Tavor Winery
When it comes to industrialized and large local wineries, what is really interesting is not their workhorses, the grocery locomotives that commercially pull the train and are probably intended for their work.
A large and industrialized winery is measured, from the visitor's point of view, precisely by wines that are relatively under the radar.
There, unlike the best-selling wines, the beating heart of the winery and the values it truly believes in are measured.
For all the wine lines of Avi Efrati
Tabor, in recent years several wines have been produced that can easily be collected together for a particularly worthy boutique winery, with all price categories.
Some of them have been collected here for a rather cool review, in the spirit of "Tavor, the pleasures you don't know".
Well, seasoned drinkers may know this but for most of you, almost all of you, Tabor is a decent but unexciting mainstream winery.
In the next tasting you can discover that it is much more than that, at all price levels.
Exactly as expected from an industrialized winery, most of the wines provide excellent value for money, along with plenty of character, quality and uniqueness.
His true ambition is for the winemakers of Tabor, Arie Nesher and Or Nadbach, but also for his "carte blanche" they receive from the winery captains, to use the commercial success to promote wines in which they believe in value.
for life!
Tabor, Har Levan 2022
Light crispness.
Har Laban 2022 of Tavor/Tavor Winery
It is impossible without a few words about astringency:
dry white based on Colombard, Sauvignon Blanc and Chenin Blanc from the wineries in the Galilee and Mitzpe Ramon.
Cold fermentation in stainless steel tanks.
Light golden color.
White fruit and citrus on the nose.
light body
11.5% alcohol by volume.
Some?
40 shekels.
Best suited for:
sandwiches, salads, pizza, picnic.
What the reviewer says:
refined and pleasant fruit, good acidity, light crispness.
A wine intended for supermarkets, should represent an appeal to a broad taste but does it with a lot of elegance and style.
Phenomenal value for money.
Value for money:
5/5 (rare. Really).
In 12 words:
probably the best value for forty shekels that you will find on the shelves of wine stores right now.
Flem Winery
A work horse, which is also one of the best local reds in the up to NIS 120 category
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Tabor, special edition, Kerem Mitzpe Ramon, Shenin Blanc 2022
Impressive minerality.
Special Edition, Mitzpe Ramon Vineyard, Chenin Blanc 2022 of Tabor/Tavor Winery
It's impossible without a few words about astringency:
100% Chenin Blanc from the vineyards of Tabor Winery in Mitzpe Ramon.
Slow fermentation in stainless steel tanks.
No malolactic fermentation and no wood.
Light golden color.
On the nose white fruit, citrus and florals.
Medium body.
12.2% alcohol by volume.
Some?
59 shekels.
Best suited for:
sushi, Asian food, fish, seafood and chicken.
What the reviewer says:
lovely fruit, citrusy and tropical, sharp acidity, burning in a good way, impressive minerality, freshness, very high gastronomic factor.
A wine that will go well with Asian meals and any fish and other white meat meals.
Value for money:
4.5/5 (excellent).
In four words (and an exclamation point):
buy fast (before it runs out)!
Tabor, Eco, white 2021
good fruit
Eko, white 2021 of Tavor/Tavor Winery
It is impossible without a few words about astringents:
Chardonnay, Roussanne and Chenin Blanc from Rye in the Golan Heights and Mitzpe Ramon.
Each wine is pressed and fermented separately in wood, stainless steel and concrete tanks and then aged for nine months on the yeast deposits as a blend, in oak barrels.
golden color
Aromatic and honeyed nose.
Medium-full body.
13% alcohol by volume.
Some?
85 shekels.
Best suited for:
elaborate meals based on fish, seafood and oysters.
The reviewer's comment:
Tabor's "Eco" series is intended for wine geeks and has done well to represent, since its launch, very worthy VFM options in the category of quality wines for those with a discerning taste.
The current wine does well to deliver these goods with good fruit, not too busy, restraint, crisp and precise acidity, richness, aromatics, minerality and great complexity.
Excellent value for money.
Value for money:
4.5/5 (excellent).
In eight words:
for a white man who will carry any meal from the sea, even a complex one.
Tabor, Eko, Adom 2017
restrained.
Eko, Adom 2017 of Tavor/Tavor Winery
It is impossible without a few words about astringents:
Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc in Samaria, Syrah from the Golan Heights and Merlot from the Upper Galilee.
18 months aging in French oak barrels.
Red fruit and spices on the nose.
Medium body.
14% alcohol by volume.
Some?
85 shekels.
Best suited for:
carpaccio and beef tartare, minute steak, grilled, steaks.
Reviewer's note:
A Bordeaux blend with a boat twist that injects clear Mediterranean dimensions into the wine.
As such, it is restrained, spicy, relatively thin, elegant and slightly velvety and, according to the rules of the genre, also incredibly gastronomic.
Like its white predecessor, it provides impressive value for NIS 85.
Value for money:
4.5/5 (excellent).
In nine words:
balanced, Mediterranean and gastronomic with surprising complexity relative to the cost.
Tabor, Single Vineyard, Kerem Rabadi Marsalan 2019
Plenty of spices.
Single Vineyard, Kerem Rabadi Marslan 2019 of Tavor/Tavor Winery
It's impossible without a few words about astringents:
100% Marsallan from the Rabadi vineyard at the top of the Yehuda Mountains.
18 months aging in French oak barrels.
deep red color.
Concentrated red fruit and plenty of spices on the nose.
full body.
13.5% alcohol by volume.
Some?
99 shekels.
Best suited for:
steaks, casseroles.
What the reviewer says:
restrained and very collected fruit, spices also present on the palate, excellent acidity, very sharp and precise.
Velvety, great elegance accompanied by plenty of character.
Value for money:
4.5/5 (excellent).
In ten words:
a character wine with no less than excellent value for money (yes, again).
Tabor, Wine Maker's Selection 2017
Muscular body.
Wine Maker's Selection 2017 of Tavor/Tavor Winery
It's impossible without a few words about astringents:
56% Syrah from the Tel Fars vineyard in the Golan Heights.
375 Cabernet Sauvignon from Gush Etzion and 13% from Tel Shifon in the Golan Heights.
Each wine was fermented and aged separately for 12 months and then the best wines were selected for an additional 12 months of aging, as a blend.
Opaque red color.
Red fruit and spices on the nose.
full body.
14% alcohol by volume.
Some?
240 shekels.
Best suited for:
aged cuts of meat stretched on the bone.
cauldrons
What the reviewer says:
muscular body, well built, abundant fruit, not loaded;
Proper balancing acidity.
Lots of seasoning.
A complex wine, which must be chilled for at least an hour before sipping.
After two hours it is at its most open.
Quality, character and a lot of elegance.
Although he has aged a long time, his future is still ahead of him.
The aging potential, under proper storage conditions, is at least seven to nine years.
Value for money:
2.5 (realistic. Expensive but worthy as a flagship wine).
In eight words: buy (if you can afford it) and store it for a long time with patience.
In five words:
serious wine for special meat occasions.
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