The Winery Couvent Rouge of Bekaa Valley

Winery Couvent Rouge - Rouge de la Bekaa
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Bekaa Valley.
It is located in Bekaa Valley

The Winery Couvent Rouge is one of the best wineries to follow in Bekaa Valley.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Bekaa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Couvent Rouge wines

Looking for the best Winery Couvent Rouge wines in Bekaa Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Couvent Rouge 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 Couvent Rouge wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Couvent Rouge

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Couvent Rouge

How Winery Couvent Rouge wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of pasticcio (greece), lamb breast with onions and tomato sauce or quiche without eggs.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Couvent Rouge

  • 2010With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Couvent Rouge.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Tempranillo

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 sparkling wines of Winery Couvent Rouge

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Couvent Rouge

How Winery Couvent Rouge wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of brazilian feijoada, cassoulet or stuffed cabbage leaves.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Couvent Rouge

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Couvent Rouge. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Couvent Rouge

  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Couvent Rouge.

  • Grenache
  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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 bunches and small grapes. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

The top white wines of Winery Couvent Rouge

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Couvent Rouge

How Winery Couvent Rouge wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of pork gyros, rabbit with basquaise sauce or cuttlefish with cider.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Couvent Rouge.

  • Viognier
  • Sauvignon Blanc

The word of the wine: Carbonic maceration

Fermentation of whole grapes in a carbon dioxide-saturated atmosphere. This type of fermentation produces very aromatic and flattering wines.

The top pink wines of Winery Couvent Rouge

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Couvent Rouge

How Winery Couvent Rouge wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Couvent Rouge

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Couvent Rouge. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, red fruit.

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Couvent Rouge

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 Couvent Rouge.

Discover the grape variety: Tempranillo

The black Tempranillo is a grape variety native to 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-sized bunches and medium-sized grapes. The black Tempranillo can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Couvent Rouge and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Carbonic maceration

Fermentation of whole grapes in a carbon dioxide-saturated atmosphere. This type of fermentation produces very aromatic and flattering wines.