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Massaya Le Colombier, Lebanon 2019
Red Wine from Lebanon
A ripe-flavoured Lebanese wine made with a third each of cinsault and grenache with the rest syrah and tempranillo. Fragrantly spicy, rich and chunky.
Price:
£14.50
Bottle
Price:
£174.00
Case of 12
In Stock
Code: LE1171
Wine characteristics
- Red Wine
- Full-bodied
- Grenache Syrah
- 75cl
- Drinking now
- 14.5% Alcohol
- oak used but not v. noticeable
- Screwcap
Massaya
Massaya’s story may go back over 40 years, but it is only in the last two decades that they have really cemented their name as one of the Lebanon’s most respected wineries.
In the early seventies, the Ghosn family acquired a table-wine growing estate in Bekaa Valley, historically the most famous and fertile wine-producing area in Lebanon and home to the temple of Bacchus, Roman God of wine. Initially they only used the grapes to distill Arak – a traditional Levantine spirit with a distinctive anise flavour – but their sons Sami and Ramzi grew up in the vineyards learning to love nature and developing a passion for wine.
Sadly, when civil war broke out in 1975 the Ghosn family was forced to leave the estate. Seventeen years later, Sami revisited a war-ravaged Massaya. The beauty of the land persuaded him to abandon his life as an architect in Los Angeles and convince his brother to leave his successful restaurant company in France: it was time for them to breathe new life into their beloved family domain.
To this day Ramzi controls Massaya’s marketing while Sami oversees the winemaking. They still make the family Arak, but their big success is their Rhône-like red wines. They have made the most of the French grape varieties they grow by seeking the wisdom of some top French producers – both Daniel Brunier from Châteauneuf-du-Pape’s Vieux Télégraphe and St. Emilion’s Dominique Hebrard own a share of Massaya and have helped it achieve success.
They in turn are assisted by the...
Press & Journal
A blend of grenache, cinsaut and tempranillo, this is full bodied, fragrant and spicy with juicy berries and raspberry and some structure to the tannins.
The Sunday Times
Made in partnership with Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe of Rhône Valley fame, this rich, juicy damson red shows real character.
100 AWEsome Wines
Read moreAn interesting blend of grenache, cinsault and tempranillo the scent is pure red berries with brambles, spice, coffee and olive. It’s full bodied with a little structure to the tannins and flavours of...