Four Gates Wine. Read the rest of this entry →, Tags: Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, Estate Bottled, Four Gates Winery, Frere Robaire, La Rochelle, Malbec, Merlot, Pinot Noir. The not-mevushal Rothschild was outstanding in France. Thankfully, the task of culling the bounty of great wines to come to these top wines was more a task of removing then adding. In the end – for its sheer awesomeness it beat out a very crowded field. Online Kosher WineOnlineKosherWine is a a online wine store that has tons of wines at great prices. Drink by 2025, 2014 Four Gates MPSZ – Score: 91 The 2014 Herzog Cabernet Sauvignon, Special Reserve, Alexander Valley is a crazily affordable wine that got rave reviews from me and from the press. 2013 Four Gates Frere Robaire – Score: 94 Tags: Four Gates, organic, Santa Cruz mountains Posted in wine - kosher | 1 Comment ». – Score: 92 to 93 2003 Four Gates Merlot – Score: 93 This wine is 9 years old and it looks young. Incredible! Teach your students to analyze literature like LitCharts does. 2005 Four Gates Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley – Score: 90 That may not be the case for non-kosher wines, but news flash, I do not drink non-kosher wines, or even taste them, and further this blog is about kosher wines. Also, there are a few lower scoring wines here because of their uniqueness or really good QPR. This bottle was brought by Benyo, and it shows how awesome his wines age! Many people have been wondering Kyaddondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine is not in town amidst the debate on the proposed amendment of Article 102 (b) of the Constitution on presidential age limit. This year we have the 2016 Syrah and the 2016 Petit Sirah, along with the classics. The grapes he sources from his vineyard, that he personally tends to, are; Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot. The nose on this wine is lovely with mineral, spice, graphite, anise, licorice, blackberry, plum, lovely barnyard, and rich green notes. We grow Chardonnay, Merlot, Pinot Noir, and Cabernet Franc grapes that are certified organic by the California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF). The finish is long and earthy, with foliage, green notes, anise, earth, leather, rich sweet milk chocolate, mushroom, and loads of forest floor. Throw in the incredible number of kosher European wines that are coming to the USA and being sold in Europe and this was truly a year of bounty for European kosher wines. This wine was very close to what we tasted from the barrel. That said, the Cabernet Sauvignon grapes he receives from the Monte Bello Ridge shows the same care and love in the wines we have enjoyed since 2009. I must say, in hindsight, I should have done it earlier, as some of the wines were already past their time or DOA. 2010 Four Gates Petit Verdot – Score: 93+ Sadly, in regards to whites all we had this year that were exceptional, were epic Rieslings from Germany (Von Hovel) and the fantastic sweet wines from Sauterne and Yaacov Oryah. It has been stated that great wine starts in the vineyard, and when it comes to Four gates wine, it is so true. 1997 Four Gates Merlot – Score: 95+ The mouth on this full bodied wine is too ripe for me, over the top, it is showing sweeter than in the past, with loads of blackberry, rich sweet tannin, sweet cedar, and oak, with loads of sweet fruit notes, and spice. The ageless 2005 Syrah is now at its end, and it showed mid-world in style and was a true joy! The other wines, that he creates from other sources, are sometimes wonderful, like the 2014 Four Gates Petit Sirah that I enjoyed over the past Shabbat. WTG is out West in the Bay area for a long weekend.  My sister and her husband live out here in Menlo Park and my immediate family decided the Bay area in the Sunshine State is a good place for a family weekend gathering. Log in here. My many thanks to Benyo for sharing his wines and allowing me to truly enjoy what age can do for a wine that has the potential to improve from long cellaring. I had bought the wines but I had no one to try them with, so when Eli and his friends said we are coming into the area, I told Benyo and we used it as a great opportunity to share some wines. Bravo!!! Read the post and all the subsequent posts about Four Gates wine releases, especially this post of Four Gates â€“ that truly describes the lore of Four Gates Winery. No, this year “the wine of the year” is indeed a QPR superstar, but not the king, it is the 2014 Herzog Cabernet Sauvignon, Special Reserve, Alexander Valley. The rest of the wines are the normal suspects, but this year’s crop, like last years, is really impressive. Wine of the year will go to a wine that distinguished itself in ways that are beyond the normal. However, over the past year, those have been covered, and they were a serious letdown. While the 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon shows a very new world style. First, you have the 2016 Four Gates Cabernet Sauvignon, followed by an N.V. Four Gates Pinot Noir, 2016 Four Gates Merlot, and two 2019 Chardonnay wines, both under the Four gates label. Opens in a new window. As stated in the article, I truly believe the entire kosher production of the Megrez wines, following the EPIC 2014 vintage of the Pape Clement and others, to be below quality and seriously overpriced, and without value in every category, which is a true shame. The nose on this wine is beautiful with rich plum, cherry, dark milk chocolate, mocha, with coffee notes, tar, and rich mineral galore, followed by mushrooms, and more earth. Drink from 2023 to 2035, 2015 Chateau Lascombes – Score: 94. The other wines, that he creates from other sources, are sometimes wonderful, like the 2010 Four Gates Syrah that I tasted recently, and I would have sworn it was a Rhone wine, crazy minerality, acid, and backbone, with fruit NOT taking center stage, though ever so evident, the way is meant to be! M.S.C. Four Gates has been seeing more demand for the wines while the quantity of what is being made is slowing down. So, I am done with the discussion, and I hope you all got some of the wines. This wine is a blend of 54% Malvasia Bianca and 46% Chardonnay. The nose on this wine is over the top but really well controlled, with rich fruit, ripe blackberry, raspberry, with loads of anise, tar, and earth. The wine notes follow below – the explanation of my “scores” can be found here: Elvi EL26 is back! This past Shabbat I wanted to start opening some wines now that the summer season was a couple of days away (from this past Shabbat). Also, a Petit Verdot from Santa Clara Valley AVA, and another Malbec from the same vineyard as in 2017, in Santa Cruz but not from the Four Gates vineyards. I have immense faith in Benyo’s wines that are sourced from his vineyard and the Monte Bello Ridge vineyard. Bravo!! The New Zealand and American Pinots show characteristics that are more akin to Syrah then Burgundy – fruit forward, meaty wines with soft caressing tannins. Thank you for your enthusiasm for Four Gates wines. The mouth on this full bodied wine has evolved beautifully, showing still sweet herb, black pepper, but super balanced with great acidity, along with layers of concentrated blackberry, strawberry, and boysenberry all wrapped in rich earth, and toasted oak, with a plush and mouth draping velvet – so good! Named for the four daughters of the Black family who originally purchased an existing vineyard in the Dundee Hills of the Willamette Valley, the Four Graces are sustainably farmed, well-tended vineyards with the goal of producing rich, elegant, delicious, and complex wines. In my little time spent with him Benyomin this afternoon there is truly so much I can write about .  Alas, it is time to get back to the family.  But I want to say that Benyomin is an amazing man for whom i wish fabulous things.  Making only about 400 cases in a remote area in the beautiful Santa Cruz mountains, he is living out a fantasy of mine.  He works with no distributors and his wines can just about ONLY be bought by calling him.  So should you desire an upscale (yet not absurdly priced), well made, organic, kosher California wine – Four Gates is a great bet (if he has any left for you)! First, you have the 2016 Four Gates Cabernet Sauvignon, followed by an N.V. The mouth on this full bodied wine is beautiful, with layers of chocolate, tannin, fruit, and nice complexity that shows raspberry, cherry, plum, menthol galore, mint, oregano, and rich saline. Drink from 2023 until 2028. The mouth on this medium body, is great layered and rich, green, spicy, and rich with concentration, with sweet oak and sweet dill galore, with green notes, loads of foliage, showing dried strawberry, ripe raspberry, black forest berry, all wrapped in mouth coating and drying tannin, with earth and spice. This is a wine that was produced by Ricardo Cotarella for his own usage and usually not commercially available, yet this one is and for the first time kosher. Throw in its age and I am further blown away. The rest of the world is choosing sides. Four Gates Winery 831-457-2673. The finish is long, sweet, spicy, cloves, cinnamon, and toast. The best wine of the year, well that was easy, it is the 2015 Chateau Leoville Poyferre. Skyview WineSkyview wine is a great place to buy those medium to high priced, hard to find, kosher wines and spirits. The wine starts off as black as the night with lovely blackberry, black plum, blueberry, smoky notes, and graphite. The 2018 vintage may well have some serious “best wine of the year” candidates, but sadly, not all of those wines are here and I could not travel to France to taste them all, as I do commonly. Drink from 2020 to 2030. That said, the Cabernet Sauvignon grapes he receives from the Monte Bello Ridge shows the same care and love in the wines we have enjoyed since 2009. The mouth on this full bodied wine is ripe, sweeter than most, with loads of blackberry, plum, round, with layers of acidity, mouth coating tannin, and rich draping mouthfeel, with mushroom, earth, loam, and lovely sweet spices. Wines / Spirits / Beers / Food / Games. The first and oldest that I enjoyed was the 1996 vintage Merlot, long before Benyamin used monikers like La Rochelle, M.S.C., or Cuvee D 🙂. Explore. The nose on this wine is even crazier than the Chevalier, showing more umami and soy sauce if that is possible, with incredible finesse, showing massive power, but great mineral and concentration, with black and red fruit, foliage galore with tar and roasted animal. You have a 2014 Four Gates Merlot, 2014 Four Gates Merlot, M.S.C., the 2014 Four Gates Cabernet Sauvignon, Monte Bello Ridge, Betchart Vineyard, and the 2014 Four Gates Frere Robaire. Drink by 2021, 2014 Four Gates Pinot Noir – Score: 92 to 93 Pinterest. 2020 kosher wine year and decade in review – glass half empty, KFWE (KFWV) 2021 – a virtual tasting extravaganza – coupon code included, The start of 2020 roses and whites and six QPR WINNERS, My top 25 kosher wines of 2020 including Wine of the Year, Winery of the Year, and the best Wine of the Year awards, The best/top kosher wines for Passover 2020 in all price ranges, Tasting of Royal Wine's 2018 and some 2019 French wines in California. I did post about the time I crashed the Alice Feiring visit to Four Gates, which is almost fully documented in the last chapter of… Wow, this wine is killing!!! The variety is what drew American photographer Robbin Gheesling to document some 140 of them in a book, "Wine … I’m French and I moved a few months ago to San Francisco. Four Gates Merlot, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA: Merlot: 116,769 th — Four Gates Chardonnay, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA: Chardonnay: 141,961 st — Four Gates Frere Robaire, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA: Bordeaux Blend Red: 150,082 nd — Four Gates Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA: Pinot Noir: 159,556 th — Four Gates Cabernet Franc, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA: Cabernet Franc: … The Golden State Of Kosher Wine From huge operations to boutique wineries, some gems from California. There will be no rose wines on the list this year. This wine is 9 years old and it looks young. What fascinated me was that Malvasia is really not a grape we get to taste too often in the kosher market, in the dry format. Wines from "Four Gates" (157 wines) 1 - 50 of 157 Sort order. The nose is incredibly redolent with loads of peach, rich herb, mint, oregano, along with freshly peeled almond, walnut shells, with crazy wildflowers, white flowers, honeysuckle, and loads of hay and straw. Bravo! With all that said, the kosher Champagnes here in the USA are not built to age. It may be the QPR wine of the year or sometimes it will be a wine that so distinguished itself for other reasons. This wine is currently far more Bordeaux in style than that of a Spanish Priorat! 2018 Elvi Wines EL26, Elite, Priorat â€“ Score: 93 (QPR: WINNER)This wine is a blend of 80% Garnacha (Grenache) and 20% Carignan. This past Purim, Benyamin Cantz from Four Gates wine swung by the home with other guys from the shul, and we tasted a few older wines. This wine’s color is not bricking – after 22 years!! The mouth is full bodied and incredible with the same style as the Chevalier, but with more finesse, mouth coating soft tannin that is extracted with blue fruit, earth, rich concentration, with more saline and power, yet showing incredible precision that is coating and impressive. All that matters is that it is/was available this year sometime to the public at large and that I tasted it in a reliable environment, not just at a tasting, and that it was scored a 92 or higher. The nose is lovely, showing nice ripe blue and red fruit but more elegant than the brob, which is more of a sweet hammer, showing green notes, earth, and hints of mushroom, with red fruit, licorice, lovely floral notes, with smokey notes of roasted game, and lovely sweet garrigue. This is how white wines should be, light, crisp, though this wine has a serious presence as well, with an oily and weighty feeling to boot! The variety is most famously known as the third grape of Bordeaux and can be found in many of the world's top Bordeaux Blend wines. Red. The nose on this wine is beautiful, showing classic notes of hay, straw, with fresh cut white flowers, citrus, lemongrass, more mineral, with hints of melon, and loam. Read the post and all the subsequent posts about Four Gates wine releases, especially this post of Four Gates – that truly describes the lore of Four Gates Winery. So, yes, that means that the top wines of the year are both made by Royal wines, such is life, and I could care less for the most part. That was not MY choice. Gates Services. Opens external website in a new window. I was asked to wait on my post until after the sale of the wines this year. Drink from 2026 until 2036. The mouth on this medium+ bodied wine is layered and rich with lovely mouth coating tannin, followed by concentration of black fruit, dark cherry, cranberry, lovely green notes, sweet herb, and garrigue, with barnyard notes, all rising with sweet oak and tannin. The rest of the wines are the normal suspects, but this year’s crop is a bit better than last year. The notes speak for themselves. Four Daughters Vineyard and Winery is the perfect location for tourists, visitors and locals. The 2015 reds are all poor quality and the whites are not much better, in 2015 and 2016. I have enjoyed the 1996 and 1997 versions of Benyamin’s wines and it is because of his care and control that he has for his vineyard. The rest of the wines are the normal suspects, but this year’s crop, like last year, is really impressive. I must say that as annoyed as I am from how few people age their wines, and how early they drink young wines, I have been seeing a new desire for well-aged wines. post and all the subsequent posts about Four Gates wine releases, this post of Four Gates â€“ that truly describes the lore of Four Gates Winery, 1996 and 1997 versions of Benyamin’s wines, Four Gates Winery’s January 2020 new releases, this post of Four Gates – that truly describes the lore of Four Gates Winery, Gruner, Verdicchio, and Malvasia some uncommon grapes make fine wine and two Benyo Oldies, cellophane wrap trick and it mostly worked, Some Four Gates & Brobdingnagian wines that continue to shine in their age, couple of his older wines a few years ago, article on Bordeaux, I wrote about how to build a successful cellar, 2007 Yarden Blanc de Blancs, Late-Disgorged Zero Dosage Sparkling wine, along with some impressive California wines, Benyo (AKA Benyamin Cantz) from Four Gates Winery, Four Gates Winery’s January 2019 new releases, 1996 and 1997 versions of Benyamin’s wines, A Horizontal of 2013 Pinot Noirs and other top Pinot Noir to buy now, Hajdu Makom Pinot Noir (though no new ones recently), 2014 & 2015 Chantal Lescure Burgundy from PommardÂ, 2010 Domaine Gachot-Monot Beaune 1er Cru Les Cent Vignes, 2016 Maison Roy & Fils Shai Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, My top 25 kosher wines of 2017 including wine of the year and best wine of the year awards, QPR King of 2017, that went to the 2016 Chateau Les Riganes. New in 2021 will be the 2018 Four Gates Negrette, a unique wine that was nice. Today, sunday, Wine Tasting Guy needed a break from the family madness and wanted to put in some professional time. We grow Chardonnay, Merlot, Pinot Noir, and Cabernet Franc grapes that are certified organic by the California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF). The finish is long, green, with more violet, floral notes, nice spices, and good oak. It had been planted with wine grapes in the 1880s, but the original vines were pulled up during prohibition. Many thanks to Eli for getting the food together and to Beryl, Greg, and Ari for hanging out with us, and of course many thanks Benyo (AKA Benyamin Cantz) from Four Gates Winery for sharing from his wisdom, time, and wines with us all. Our Wine Shop is still open by appointment and our Online Shop is available for orders to be delivered. Drink 2020 to 2027. Four Gates Kosher Estate Bottled wine is a perfect gift for Purim or Passover. Lovely nose of earth, dirt, green notes, caraway seeds, coffee grinds, with black fruit hiding behind good bright notes, and mineral. Hello everyone, My name is Shoshana. The rest of the wines are the normal suspects, but this year’s crop, like last years, is really impressive. Also, in terms of score, it did not beat out the Von Hovel Rieslings of 2014 or the 2014 Tour Blanche Sauternes, or the 2015 Chateau Giscours, or the 2014 Chateau Smith Haute Lafitte. N.V. Four Gates Ayala Santa Clara Valley Red Bordeaux Blend. The nose on this wine is plum heaven, with crazy truffle, mushroom, and rich tart raspberry, followed by black fruit, and rich dirt. Four Gates is perhaps the smallest kosher winery in the country. Thankfully, Benyo brought two extra wines, and they made the night super special! Online Shop. This is a fun classic Cali wine, floral, sweet, spices galore, with sweet oak, and lovely red and blue fruit. Located adjacent to Minnesota’s bluff country and just down the ro Red. The Drappier which is mevushal has been a Drink-now style wine, and again Drappier prints the dosage date, so use that to decide if the bottle in front of you is too old. For Passover seders, with those four cups to fill, the NV Four Gates Pinot Noir might be the choice to pair with brisket or roast chicken, or to speed you happily through the evening. With time the wine opens more and shows its riper side, still very controlled, but the fun red and blue fruit become a bit fuller and richer in the mouth – quite an impressive wine! The website includes a description and list of current releases. The law of Supply and Demand tells you that the prices will go up, even if I beg for lower prices. Four Gates WinerySmall winery growing and cultivating certified organic grapes in California's Santa Cruz Mountains. This wine is a blend of 70% Verdicchio, 30% Malvasia. It is truly great to see the kosher wine world opening up to white wines of variety and complexity, and not just another Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc. Tags: Four Gates, organic, Santa Cruz mountains This entry was posted on Sunday, January 25th, 2009 at 11:22 pm and is filed under wine - kosher . The finish is long, green, and tobacco-laden, with leather, chocolate, tar, and rich roasted herbs. This year is a re-release of the 2014 Petite Sirah and 2014 Zinfandel in a blended format called – MPSZ. Drink by 2020. On this occasion he remembered me from our one conversation and gladly agreed to host me at his home/winery this afternoon. Now, separately, I love red wines, but white wines – done correctly, are a whole other story! I have heard very good things about the Santa Cruz Mountains based “Four Gates winery”. The finish is never ending with green notes, roasted herb, incredible drying tannin, with a deep fruit base followed by the mineral, black fruit, earth, graphite, and rich spice, cloves, and dark chocolate. All that matters is that it is/was available this year sometime to the public at large and that I tasted it in a reliable environment, not just at a tasting, and that it was scored an A- to A or higher. Also, there are a few lower scoring wines here because of their uniqueness or really good QPR. The grapes are certified organic by the CCOF (California Certified Organic Farmers). I have posted about two large tastings with friends at Four Gates where we enjoyed some well-aged wines, here in 2014 and then again in 2015. LitCharts Teacher Editions. It has great deals and a TON of kosher wine, and has free shipping for a case. A few weeks ago, Benaymin Cantz from Four Gates Winery and friends came over for a Friday night dinner, and I thought it was a good time to open my 2013 Pinot Noirs that I have been saving. The mouth is rich, incredible, massive, full-bodied and incredibly extracted with rich saline, with layers of unstoppable concentrated fruit, with blackberry, raspberry, with blueberry, rich spice, mushroom, and herb. The finish is long, green, with passionfruit, more citrus, hay, lemongrass, and floral notes lingering long.
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