Looking for a good wine of Mount Lebanon among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Mount 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 Mount Lebanon with technical and enological descriptions.
Want to buy a red wine of Mount Lebanon cheap or sell a red wine of Mount 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.
Red wines from the region of Mount Lebanon go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of venison leg in casserole, blanquette of lamb or rabbit legs with fresh cream.
On the nose the red wine of the region of Mount Lebanon. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or blueberry. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Mount Lebanon. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Lebanon is a Middle Eastern country with an ancient wine culture that has experienced a renaissance in the past few decades. In 2011, roughly six million bottles of Lebanese wine were produced from 2000 hectares (5000 acres) of Vineyards. Modern Lebanese viniculture has moved away from the ancient Phoenician port cities and inland to the fertile Bekaa Valley. There are also a handful of vineyards near Jezzine, a few miles beyond the Southern end of the Bekaa, just inland of Sidon.
The majority of Lebanese wine is exported to the UK, France and the US, where the receptive consumer bases have encouraged healthy growth in Lebanon's modern wine industry. In 1998, there were fewer than 10 wineries in Lebanon; now there are more than 30. Red wines account for most of the output; these are usually made from the classic wine grapes of southern France; Carignan, Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. White wines may feature Ugni Blanc, Clairette and Chardonnay.
The modern wine industry here can be traced back to the 19th Century. As non-Muslims living in a Muslim state – Part of the Ottoman Empire since the 1500s – Christians living in Lebanon were permitted certain freedoms, one of which was the right to make 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 finest wine Terroir.
Chateau Ksara warrants its own chapter in the annals of Lebanese wine history.
Want to buy a white wine of Mount Lebanon cheap or sell a white wine of Mount 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.
White wines from the region of Mount Lebanon go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of spaghetti carbonara, wild boar stew (without marinade or wine) or sea bream a la plancha.
On the nose the white wine of the region of Mount Lebanon. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, cream or grapefruit and sometimes also flavors of oaky, tropical or citrus. In the mouth the white wine of the region of Mount Lebanon. is a with a nice freshness.
White muscat is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.
Want to buy a pink wine of Mount Lebanon cheap or sell a pink wine of Mount 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.
Pink wines from the region of Mount Lebanon go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of korean bibimbap, oriental stew with couscous or saka-saka.
On the nose the pink wine of the region of Mount Lebanon. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or citrus and sometimes also flavors of peach, minerality or red fruit.
Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
