Gamla Cabernet Sauvignon (75cl, 14.5%)

Gamla Cabernet Sauvignon is an Israeli red wine from the Golan Heights Winery, made from high-altitude volcanic vineyards in Galilee. It is predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon blended with small proportions of Merlot and Cabernet Franc, and aged for 12 months in French oak barrels. The winery was founded in 1983 in Katzrin, with vineyards between 400 and 1,200 metres above sea level on rocky volcanic basalt soils. The nose opens with ripe blackcurrant and cherry, moving into blackberry, mulberry, tobacco leaf, garden herbs, French oak and cocoa. The palate is full-bodied with juicy plum and cherry, herbal complexity, soft tannins, cocoa and bright acidity, and the finish is long with velvety ripe blackberry, dried herb and subtle oak spice.