Castel - Razi'el 2019 (750ml)
Crafted by veteran and talented winemaker Eli Ben Zaken, Razi'el is a blend of Syrah and Carignan. The grapes are hand-picked and the wine has matured for 18 months in French oak barrels. Deep in color and full of flavor, the wine shows elegant tannins and a harmonious balance.
While the main wines of Castel are Bordeaux blends, this wine is a more Rhone in composition, though not 100% in style. The wine is a blend of Syrah and Carignan and clocks in at 14.5% abv. The wine presents darker than any Castel wine I have tasted to date both on the nose and in the mouth – and that makes sense, based on the varietals in play. On the nose, you have black fruit, mineral, soil, and some charcoal at the end. In the mouth, the wine is very rich and ripe without a doubt but stays just shy of going over the line with ripe blackberry, black plum, tar, and some roasted meat. The wine has a medium amount of acidity and powdery tannin that is already fairly well integrated. There is a core here that is solid without being astringent. The finish is long with a fair amount of toasted herbs and spice.
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