Saslove Aviv Shiraz 2010

The grapes for this wine were harvested manually and selectively in vineyards in the Upper Galilee. The wine aged in French and American oak for 6 months. It is fruity, rich, and complex with aromas of cherries and red raspberries and flavors of black pepper, cacao, mocha, coffee, bay leaves, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla, and caramel.

Saslove is the quintessential family winery. Barry is the chief winemaker with both his wife Nili and middle daughter Roni heavily involved. While Roni’s main focus was initially PR and marketing she has been involved with every harvest at the winery in one way or another, starting in 1992 where Roni and her sister stomped the grapes themselves and working full-time in the winery since 2002. After spending a year at Ontario’s Brock University learning winemaking.