The Château Ksara is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 27 wines for sale in of Bekaa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Ksara wines in Bekaa Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Ksara 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 Ksara wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Ksara wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of flemish beer stew, leg of lamb with baked potatoes or ham croquette with purée.
On the nose the red wine of Château Ksara. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or blueberry. In the mouth the red wine of Château Ksara. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
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 Ksara wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of tournedos with foie gras, thai shrimp soup (tom yam goong) or gourmet croc-monsieur with comté cheese.
On the nose the pink wine of Château Ksara. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, citrus or apples and sometimes also flavors of peach, earthy or minerality.
Marselan 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 and small grapes. Marselan noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
How Château Ksara wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or poultry such as recipes of pasta carbonara, mussels spanish style or basque piperade.
On the nose the white wine of Château Ksara. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, cream or grapefruit and sometimes also flavors of oaky, tropical or citrus. In the mouth the white wine of Château Ksara. is a with a nice freshness.
Removal of the right to the appellation of origin of a wine; it is then marketed as Vin de France.
How Château Ksara wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of salmon and goat cheese quiche, piperade or brownies with nuts.
On the nose the sweet wine of Château Ksara. often reveals types of flavors of tropical, citrus or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of honey, melon or non oak.
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
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Sémillon blanc 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. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
