The Winery Ixsir of Mount Lebanon

Winery Ixsir
The winery offers 14 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 2 of the estates of Mount Lebanon.
It is located in Mount Lebanon

The Winery Ixsir is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 14 wines for sale in of Mount Lebanon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Domaine Ixsir is a unique winery nestled in the majestic mountains of Mount-Lebanon in Lebanon. This estate represents a union of nature, heritage, and passion. It offers a high-end wine experience and an incredible view of the Mediterranean Sea and the surrounding mountains. Its exceptional natural beauty, ideal Mediterranean climate, and altitude reaching up to 1800 meters make Domaine Ixsir an idyllic setting for producing wines of character and distinction. Domaine Ixsir places environmental sustainability at the heart of its practices. The vineyard employs drip irrigation techniques, uses no harmful pesticides, and consistently aims to reduce its carbon footprint. Moreover, the estate implements a biodiversity integration system, introducing native plants and encouraging local wildlife. The Domaine Ixsir cellar is a fascinating blend of modernity and tradition. Carved into the rock, it is one of the country's oldest cellars while also being modern and eco-friendly. Inside, perfectly aligned French oak barrels and stainless steel vats reflect the advanced technology used to ensure high-quality winemaking. It was built to be both functional and environmentally respectful. Domaine Ixsir produces a range of award-winning wines that capture the essence of the Lebanese terroir. The wines are crafted from a carefully selected blend of local and international grape varieties, offering a unique palette of flavors and aromas. They are acknowledged for their finesse, elegance, and complexity, and have earned international recognition.

Top Winery Ixsir wines

Looking for the best Winery Ixsir wines in Mount Lebanon among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Ixsir 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 Ixsir wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Ixsir

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Ixsir

How Winery Ixsir wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of boeuf lôc lac (cambodia), marinated leg of lamb with herbs or duck breast with goat cheese and local ham.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Ixsir

On the nose the red wine of Winery Ixsir. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, bay leaf or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Ixsir. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Ixsir

  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2021With an average score of 3.90/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Tempranillo
  • Caladoc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Mount Lebanon

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.

The top white wines of Winery Ixsir

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Ixsir

How Winery Ixsir wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or poultry such as recipes of pasta carbonara, cuttlefish in sauce or korean bibimbap.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Ixsir

On the nose the white wine of Winery Ixsir. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, oak or passion fruit and sometimes also flavors of mango, non oak or earth. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Ixsir. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Ixsir

  • 2023With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2022With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2021With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5

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

  • Viognier
  • Chardonnay
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Obaideh
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: White muscat

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Ixsir

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Ixsir

How Winery Ixsir wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef tongue with pickle sauce, lamb colombo or panga curry.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Ixsir

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Ixsir. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, earth or floral and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, red fruit or watermelon.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Ixsir

  • 2017With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Ixsir.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Caladoc

The word of the wine: Bâtonnage

A very old technique that has come back into fashion in modern oenology, which consists of shaking the white wine in the barrels at the end of fermentation, or after fermentation, with a stick or a flail, in order to suspend the fine lees composed of yeasts at the end of their activity. This process is sometimes used for red wines.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Ixsir

Planning a wine route in the of Mount Lebanon? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Ixsir.

Discover the grape variety: Caladoc

Caladoc noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Languedoc). 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 large bunches of grapes of medium size. Caladoc noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Languedoc & Roussillon, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

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The word of the wine: Bâtonnage

A very old technique that has come back into fashion in modern oenology, which consists of shaking the white wine in the barrels at the end of fermentation, or after fermentation, with a stick or a flail, in order to suspend the fine lees composed of yeasts at the end of their activity. This process is sometimes used for red wines.