Vineyard: Wente-Segal
Wine: Cabernet Sauvignon, 1996
Type: Dry Red

The '96, like the '95, Wente - Segal are exceptional. If you can still find a bottle of '95 buy it - it is finer than fine. The wine is a deep Cabernet filled with body that leaves the palate with an excellent after taste. Most cabernets are actually 70 - 80% cabernet grapes blended with lighter grapes that serve to mellow the taste. This wine is 100% cabernet grape, so mellow that there is no need to dilute. One of the reasons for the great success of this wine is that it is a joint effort between Wente, in Central California and Segal, in Israel. The grapes are grown and harvested in Central California under the joint supervision of both wineries and then brought to Israel and produced. Quality for price, this superb wine is the best red wine purchase you can make this season.
Rated: 10++
Price: Moderate

Size: 750 ml
Price per bottle: NIS 59
Case: 12 bottles.