My Pick for National Rosé Day: Matar Rosé 2025 🍷🌹🇮🇱
🍓Tasting Notes
🎨 Color: Pale pink blush
👃 Aroma: Fresh strawberry, raspberry, and grapefruit
👅 Taste: Crisp and vibrant, with bright red fruit flavors and lively natural acidity
🪶 Body: Light
✨ Finish: Clean and refreshing, with a lingering crispness that invites another sip
🍷 About the Wine
Traditional Provence Rosé is known for its pale pink color, bone-dry style, and crisp character. Delicate aromas of red berries, citrus, and herbs make it one of the world’s most food-friendly wines. Unlike sweeter blush wines, Provence Rosés are intentionally crafted to be dry and refreshing.
This style is typically produced from blends of Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah, and Mourvèdre. Its bright acidity and clean finish pair beautifully with Mediterranean salads, goat cheese, grilled fish, and chicken dishes.
The team at Matar Winery has done an exceptional job capturing the essence of a traditional Provence Rosé. The 2025 vintage is produced from 85% Grenache and 15% Counoise grapes grown in Israel’s Upper Galilee. After approximately 10 hours of skin contact, the grapes were gently pressed and fermented at cool temperatures to preserve their fresh-fruit character and delicate color. Following clarification and stabilization, the wine was bottled and released, ready to enjoy. Like most Provence-style Rosés, this wine is best consumed young, when its freshness and vibrant fruit are at their peak.
❤️ Why I Love This Wine
🍷 I love Provence-style Rosés. They’re versatile, refreshing, and equally enjoyable whether you’re sharing a glass with friends or pairing them with a meal—especially Mediterranean and Israeli cuisine.
☀️ This is the kind of wine made for warm-weather sipping. Crisp, vibrant, and easy to enjoy, it delivers everything I look for in a rosé.
🇮🇱 I especially appreciate how Matar captures the spirit of Provence while showcasing the quality of Israeli-grown fruit.
💙 I also love a message often shared by Matar CEO Gal Yaniv:
“Pray for better days and drink Israeli wine.”
🏞️ About the Winery
Founded in the early 2000s by brothers Tal and Nir Pelter, Pelter Winery began as a small backyard project and has grown into one of Israel’s most respected wineries.
In 2005, the winery relocated to Kibbutz Ein Zivan in the Golan Heights, a region overlooking the Sea of Galilee and situated beneath Mount Hermon. The area’s high elevation, volcanic soils, warm days, and cool nights create ideal conditions for growing premium wine grapes. These unique terroir characteristics allow for slow ripening and excellent flavor development, producing wines with remarkable balance and structure.
Today, the Pelter brothers operate two wineries from the same location: Pelter, their non-kosher label, and Matar, their kosher label. While many Israeli wineries have transitioned from non-kosher to kosher production, Pelter’s decision to maintain two distinct wineries under one roof remains unique within the Israeli wine industry.
👨🍳 About the Winemaker
Tal Pelter, Head Winemaker, has helped shape the modern Israeli wine scene through his commitment to quality and innovation. He studied oenology in Western Australia, where he was influenced by the local approach to winemaking and its culture of enjoyment. Wine is part of the fabric of everyday life in Australia – an affordable and accessible source of pleasure, which he wanted to introduce to the Israeli market. He hopes that you will enjoy drinking his wines almost as much as he has enjoyed making them for you! Thank you, Tal!!!
🛒 Where to Find It
I ordered my bottle from KosherWine.com using the discount code IWG5.
The wine is also available at The Cellar in Lakewood, New Jersey, as well as at McCabes Wine & Spirits on Manhattan’s East Side and Columbus Wine & Spirits on the West Side.
🍷 About the Author
I am a Certified Wine Professional with a passion for writing and speaking about Israeli wines. I present educational wine tastings and events for audiences around the globe, sharing the stories, history, and flavors that make Israeli wines so special.
To learn more or book a presentation, please visit israelwinegirl@gmail.com
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