The Château Khoury is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Bekaa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Khoury wines in Bekaa Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Khoury 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 Château Khoury wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Khoury wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of meat and goat pie, mansaf, or jordanian lamb (jordan) or tomatoes stuffed with sausage meat.
On the nose the red wine of Château Khoury. often reveals types of flavors of oak, black fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal.
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.
How Château Khoury wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of quebec style barbecued salmon, tagliatelle with scallops or shepherd's pie and leek fondue.
On the nose the white wine of Château Khoury. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit.
White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). 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 small bunches, and small grapes. White Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.
How Château Khoury wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef goulash, bitumen leg of lamb or canned duck confit.
Said of a wine dominated by the presence of alcohol.
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 Château Khoury.
Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
