For Shavuot I decided to splurge and try inaugural releases of two top tier rosés from sister wineries Golan Heights Winery and Galil Mountain Winery (GHW owns about 2/3 of GMW). Both of these rosés retail for about NIS 99 ($28 or so) and as such are among the most expensive Israeli rosés produced.  Neither of these was shown at Sommelier in April, so I did not have a chance to preview them. Truth is I was really excited. I have found 2019 to be utterly underwhelming rosé-wise and I figured that if both GHW and GMW are pushing new releases at the top price tier they must have been able to produce something really special. You want to launch a wine on the right foot – and try to build a good rep. So I was really psyched for these bottles over what would be a beautiful chag and Shabbat.