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Château Ksara Old Vine Carignan, Lebanon 2021
From a single vineyard with 60+ year old vines, this wine is such good value for money. Showing great intensity and layers of flavour, the wine sees no oak and allows the red berry perfume of the carignan to come through perfectly in the glass. Hints of garrigue, black olive and liquorice persist on the finish.
Price:
£16.50
Bottle
Price:
£198.00
Case of 12
In Stock
Code: LE1431
Wine characteristics
- Red Wine
- Medium-bodied
- Carignan
- 75cl
- Now to 2027
- 13% Alcohol
- oak used but not v. noticeable
- Cork, natural
Chateau Ksara
Chateau Ksara is the oldest and largest winery in Lebanon, and with over 150 years of experience it is not surprising that their wines win awards every year.
Winemaking actually began in Lebanon a staggering 5,000 years ago, and the Christian faith even cites Jesus’ ‘'water to wine’ miracle happened here. This rich winemaking history means it is not surprising that it is Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley that hosts the ancient Roman temple of Bacchus – Roman God of wine – rather than other more famous wine-producing countries.
In fact, Chateau Ksara has fittingly religious roots: it was founded by Jesuit monks in 1857, who brought the winery through the first 120 years of its existence, only relinquishing control to local businessmen in 1973. It was these monks who discovered the stunning underground caves that are still used to store Ksara’s wines and that are part of the reason it is such a popular visitor attraction for wine lovers worldwide. The monks were also responsible for producing Lebanon’s first dry red wine.
At the end of the First World War, the French were mandated to govern Lebanon as part of the Versailles peace talks. This meant an insurgence of French soldiers and civil servants whose palates were not used to the traditional sweet raisin-based wines of Lebanon, so the monks began to plant more French varieties such as carignan, muscat and ugni blanc, setting them in good stead for the Rhône and Bordeaux varieties for which they are now famous.
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