The Winery Clos St. Thomas is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 14 wines for sale in of Bekaa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Clos St. Thomas wines in Bekaa Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Clos St. Thomas 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 Winery Clos St. Thomas wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Clos St. Thomas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of tunisian molokheya, saddle of lamb with herbs or duck legs with honey.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Clos St. Thomas. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, licorice or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, dried fruit or smoke.
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 Winery Clos St. Thomas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or poultry such as recipes of baked sardines with garlic, quick crayfish chicken or cream chicken with mushrooms.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Clos St. Thomas. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, peach or lime and sometimes also flavors of melon, earth or tree fruit.
How Winery Clos St. Thomas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of boeuf en daube, kefta or basque lasagne.
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Clos St. Thomas. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, tree fruit or red fruit.
In the spring, this operation consists of removing the mound of earth formed at the foot of the vines by ploughing between the rows in the autumn.
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 Winery Clos St. Thomas.
Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. 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 medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
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In the spring, this operation consists of removing the mound of earth formed at the foot of the vines by ploughing between the rows in the autumn.
