The Cave Kouroum of Bekaa Valley

Cave Kouroum - Petit Noir
The winery offers 23 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 103 of the estates of Bekaa Valley.
It is located in Bekaa Valley

The Cave Kouroum is one of the best wineries to follow in Bekaa Valley.. It offers 23 wines for sale in of Bekaa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Cave Kouroum wines

Looking for the best Cave Kouroum wines in Bekaa Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Cave Kouroum wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Cave Kouroum wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Cave Kouroum

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Cave Kouroum

How Cave Kouroum wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef colombo bourguignon style, couscous merguez or haddock with curry cream.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Cave Kouroum

On the nose the red wine of Cave Kouroum. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, coffee or plum and sometimes also flavors of leather, dark fruit or non oak.

The best vintages in the red wines of Cave Kouroum

  • 2001With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.53/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Cave Kouroum.

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

Discovering the wine region of Bekaa Valley

The Bekaa Valley is the heartland of modern Lebanese wine. Almost 90 percent of Lebanon's wine is made here, as is a respectable proportion of its Arak, the anise-flavored spirit that remains the nation's favorite alcoholic drink. The original Bekaa Valley Vineyards were planted with Cinsaut, which was subsequently joined by other French vine varieties. Most of these remain in Lebanon’s vinicultural makeup today: red Carignan, Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, and white Ugni Blanc, Clairette and Chardonnay.

The oldest winery in the area is Chateau Ksara, which was established by the Jesuit Christians of Taanayel (Tanail), an ancient monastic settlement just down the valley from Ksara. The first Vineyard there was planted in 1857, with plants brought from France via the colonies in Algeria. At that time Lebanon was ruled by the Ottoman Empire, whose Sharia law condemned the production or consumption of wine except for religious purposes. Thus the initial winery was very subdued, and it was not until the French took control of the country after WW1 (under the League of Nations' French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon) that Bekaa Valley wine production began to expand.

Chateau Musar, founded in 1930, is another Long-established estate in the valley and the most famous in global terms. A 1979 write-up in Decanter magazine by Michael Broadbent helped to Open up export markets. By 1990, the vast majority of their production left the country. This year marked the end of the Lebanese Civil War, which had lasted since 1975.

The top white wines of Cave Kouroum

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Cave Kouroum

How Cave Kouroum wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of salmon à la plancha with vegetables, scallops with saffron or yassa chicken (senegal).

The best vintages in the white wines of Cave Kouroum

  • 2013With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Cave Kouroum.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Grenache Blanc
  • Clairette
  • Ugni blanc
  • Muscat Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Clairette

Clairette rosé is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). It produces a variety of grape used for wine making. However, it can also be found on our tables! Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by medium to large bunches of grapes of medium size. Clairette rosé can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhône Valley, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

The top sparkling wines of Cave Kouroum

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Cave Kouroum

How Cave Kouroum wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Cave Kouroum

  • 2000With an average score of 3.70/5

The word of the wine: Sweet (flavor)

The flavour provided by the residual sugars naturally present in the wine as well as by certain alcohols. This sensation can range from a simple impression of smoothness to a clear sweetness. We speak of roundness, fatness and mellowness.

The top pink wines of Cave Kouroum

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Cave Kouroum

How Cave Kouroum wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Cave Kouroum

  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5

Discover the grape variety: Ugni

Ugni blanc is a grape variety originating from Italy. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by large bunches and small to medium sized grapes. Ugni blanc can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Armagnac, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Cave Kouroum

Planning a wine route in the of Bekaa Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Cave Kouroum.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

News about Cave Kouroum and wines from the region

Rare Lafite 1887 magnum tops £22,000 in Sotheby’s auction

A magnum of Lafite Rothschild 1887 sold for £22,500 ($28,300) at a Sotheby’s auction of ‘vinous treasures’ spanning nearly 200 years. The wine, held in storage with Octavian group in Wiltshire, had a pre-sale high estimate of £18,000. A single bottle of Château d’Yquem 1831 sold for £27,500 (pre-sale high estimate: £20,000). Another bottle of Yquem, from the 1896 vintage, sold for £15,000, tripling its pre-sale high estimate. ‘An extraordinary wine from a very great Sauternes vintage,’ said Sere ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Verzé

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Verzé, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines ...

Napa ‘library’ auction has rare Screaming Eagle and Harlan magnums

Screaming Eagle, Harlan Estate, Mayacamas and Spottswoode are among the major names featured in the Napa Valley Library Wine Auction via Sotheby’s. More than 50 lots have been assembled for the sale, which began online this week and will culminate in a live auction on 5 February in New York. Organised in partnership with trade body Napa Valley Vintners, the auction includes vintages back to 1978 and wines have been sourced direct from winery cellars. One rare lot involves a magnum of each of Scr ...

The word of the wine: Sweet (flavor)

The flavour provided by the residual sugars naturally present in the wine as well as by certain alcohols. This sensation can range from a simple impression of smoothness to a clear sweetness. We speak of roundness, fatness and mellowness.