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meishar
Located on the sandy soils near Gadera, Meishar is a family affair winery. Everything is done by the family members from planting the vineyards to crushing the grapes. They started in 1991 and grow less than an acre each of Cabernet, Merlot and Shiraz. Three different, unique wines are made out of them. The head of the family, Zeev Smilansky owns several high-tech start-ups and travels often to the U.S. His children grew-up working in the winery and run all the operations there.
The soils from these unique vineyards are almost on the beach. This provides for very well drained sands that stress the vine just enough to produce great Mediterranean wines.
Some information about this wine from the winery: We make our wine in the simplest way - what is sometimes termed "minimal intervention". We attempt to make maximal use of the natural richness of the fruit; what the fruit does not have can never be artificially added. Early morning harvest, destemming and gentle crushing - and into the fermentation tank. First racking, malolactic fermentation, cooling - and into the oak barrels, for 12 to 18 months, to get the extra oak flavor.
www.meishar.co.il
