The 2007 MISTY HILLS is a blend of 30% Syrah and 70% Cabernet Sauvignon. This wine adds some of the things I wanted from the Shoresh—a bit more depth and more focus. It seems a little crisp on opening. It is also quite powerful, perhaps to a fault, and rather focused. It will be interesting to see how this continues to develop. After keeping it open for several hours, I still found it rather charmless at times. Unlike the Shoresh, though, it has some upside potential if it can manage to come together, and I’ve leaned up a little on that basis. It has something to prove and will need a couple of years more in the cellar for best results. There were 3,000 bottles produced. Drink 2011-2020. Importer: Israeli Wine Direct, Evanston, IL; tel: (866) 469-8708.

The 2006 MISTY HILLS is a 50/50 blend of Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon. Rather green and olive-nuanced, it is otherwise bright and suave, well constructed and sunny, with bright tannins. I'm particularly hard on wines that show lots of green notes, but this is otherwise well done enough that it began to win me over a little. It certainly will benefit from an appropriate food matchup. Drink now-2015. Importer: Israeli Wine Direct, Evanston, IL; tel: (866) 469-8708.