The best wines of Lebanon

Discover the best wines of Lebanon as well as the best winemakers of Lebanon and estates of Lebanon to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Lebanon and the best vintages to taste in this region.

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Top wines of Lebanon by region

Looking for a good wine of Lebanon among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Lebanon. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Lebanon with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Lebanon

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Want to buy a red wine of Lebanon cheap or sell a red wine of Lebanon at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.

Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Lebanon

Red wines from the region of Lebanon go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of vegetable noddles, gypsy sauce or roast duck with cider sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Lebanon

On the nose the red wine of the region of Lebanon. often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, iron or pineapple and sometimes also flavors of cream, cherry or grapefruit. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Lebanon. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in red wine of Lebanon

  • 1964With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 1987With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1982With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1974With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1988With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1981With an average score of 4.50/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Lebanon

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Petit Verdot
  • Arinarnoa

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Lebanon

A wine route planned in the region of Lebanon? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Lebanon.

Discovering the wine region of Lebanon

Lebanon is a Middle Eastern country with an ancient wine culture that has experienced a renaissance in recent decades. In 2011, about six million bottles of Lebanese wine were produced from 2000 hectares (5000 acres) of Vineyards. Modern Lebanese viticulture has moved inland from the ancient Phoenician port cities to the fertile Bekaa Valley. There are also a handful of vineyards near Jezzine, a few kilometres from the Southern end of the Bekaa, just inland from Sidon.

The majority of Lebanese wine is exported to the UK, France and the US, where receptive consumers have encouraged healthy growth in Lebanon's modern wine industry. In 1998, there were less than 10 wineries in Lebanon; there are now more than 30. Red wines account for the bulk of production; they are generally made from the classic southern French Grape varieties: Carignan, Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. White wines may contain Ugni Blanc, Clairette and Chardonnay.

The modern wine industry dates back to the 19th century. As non-Muslims living in a Muslim state - which had been Part of the Ottoman Empire since the 1500s - Christians living in Lebanon enjoyed certain freedoms, including the right to produce wine for ceremonial purposes. It was on this basis that in 1857 a group of Jesuit priests founded a winery in Ksara, a small town in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon's best wine-growing area. Château Ksara deserves its own chapter in the annals of Lebanese wine history.

Great white wines of Lebanon

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Lebanon

White wines from the region of Lebanon go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of quiche without pastry, duck breast with honey, potato and onion with garlic or half-cooked bluefin tuna.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Lebanon

On the nose the white wine of the region of Lebanon. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, tropical or citrus and sometimes also flavors of apples, peach or butter. In the mouth the white wine of the region of Lebanon. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in white wine of Lebanon

  • 1975With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1991With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1989With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2002With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.10/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Lebanon

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Viognier
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Obaideh
  • Merwah

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Lebanon

A wine route planned in the region of Lebanon? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best white wine of Lebanon.

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

Opulent, heady whites, rich and silky, with intense aromas of apricot, yellow peach, mango, violet, honeysuckle and musky, honeyed notes. Discreet acidity, creamy finish. Star of Condrieu AOC and Château-Grillet AOC, co-vinified in Côte-Rôtie with Syrah (up to 20%). Widely exported to California (Central Coast), Australia (Eden Valley) and Languedoc. A Rhône variety.

Great sparkling wines of Lebanon

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Lebanon

Sparkling wines from the region of Lebanon go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef in a foie gras and chanterelle crust, macaroonade from sète or rabbit provencale (mario style).

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Lebanon

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Lebanon. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of Lebanon

  • 0With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2000With an average score of 3.70/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Lebanon

  • Grenache
  • Viognier
  • Chardonnay

The best wineries and winemakers for sparkling wine of Lebanon

A wine route planned in the region of Lebanon? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sparkling wine of Lebanon.

The word of the wine: Maturing (champagne)

After riddling, the bottles are stored on "point", upside down, with the neck of one bottle in the bottom of the other. The duration of this maturation is very important: in contact with the dead yeasts, the wine takes on subtle aromas and gains in roundness and fatness. A brut without year must remain at least 15 months in the cellar after bottling, a vintage 36 months.

Great pink wines of Lebanon

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Lebanon

Pink wines from the region of Lebanon go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of southern beef meatballs, milk-fed lamb sautéed with saffron and lemon or chicken with maroilles.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Lebanon

On the nose the pink wine of the region of Lebanon. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, citrus or apples and sometimes also flavors of peach, earthy or minerality.

The best vintages in pink wine of Lebanon

  • 2007With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.19/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.75/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Lebanon

  • Cinsault
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Carignan
  • Caladoc
  • Grenache
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Lebanon

A wine route planned in the region of Lebanon? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best pink wine of Lebanon.

Discover the grape variety: Vermentino

Nervy, saline whites with cutting acidity and enveloping richness, showing aromas of grapefruit, lime, pear, white flowers, fresh almond, fennel and marine iodine notes. Slightly bitter finish. Star of Sardinia (Vermentino di Gallura DOCG), Liguria, coastal Tuscany (Bolgheri) and Corsica. Also in Provence and Languedoc-Roussillon as Rolle. An autochthonous Mediterranean variety.

Great sweet wines of Lebanon

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Lebanon

Sweet wines from the region of Lebanon go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of sushi cake, spaghetti all 'amatriciana or pancakes.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wine of Lebanon

On the nose the sweet wine of the region of Lebanon. often reveals types of flavors of tropical, citrus or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of honey, melon or non oak.

The best vintages in sweet wine of Lebanon

  • 2012With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2004With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.10/5

The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Lebanon

  • Gewürztraminer
  • Moscato
  • Muscatel
  • Ugni blanc
  • Clairette
  • Moscatel

The best wineries and winemakers for sweet wine of Lebanon

A wine route planned in the region of Lebanon? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sweet wine of Lebanon.

The word of the wine: Biodynamic (agriculture)

Organic agriculture is part of a vision of the world linking the plant and all living beings to the cosmos and basing work in the vineyard and the cellar on the cycles of the moon.

Great natural sweet wines of Lebanon

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Food and wine pairing with a natural-sweet wine of Lebanon

Natural sweet wines from the region of Lebanon go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in natural-sweet wine of Lebanon

  • 0With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 2009With an average score of 2.60/5

The best wineries and winemakers for natural-sweet wine of Lebanon

A wine route planned in the region of Lebanon? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best natural-sweet wine of Lebanon.

    Discover the grape variety: Ugni blanc

    Dry, neutral and nervy whites with a pale robe, slender mouthfeel and sharp acidity, with discreet aromas of citrus, green apple, white flowers and herbaceous notes. The ideal profile for distillation: absolute pillar of Cognac AOC (over 95% of the Charentes vineyard) and Armagnac AOC. Also produced as still whites in Provence, Languedoc and Corsica. French synonym for Italian Trebbiano Toscano, one of the most planted varieties in the world.

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