Château KsaraCabernet Franc - Syrah - Cabernet Sauvignon Clos St Alphonse
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Cabernet franc and the Cabernet-Sauvignon.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Cabernet Franc - Syrah - Cabernet Sauvignon Clos St Alphonse of the Château Ksara is in the top 70 of wines of Lebanon and in the top 60 of wines of Bekaa Valley.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Cabernet Franc - Syrah - Cabernet Sauvignon Clos St Alphonse of Château Ksara in the region of Bekaa Valley often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Cabernet Franc - Syrah - Cabernet Sauvignon Clos St Alphonse
Pairings that work perfectly with Cabernet Franc - Syrah - Cabernet Sauvignon Clos St Alphonse
Original food and wine pairings with Cabernet Franc - Syrah - Cabernet Sauvignon Clos St Alphonse
The Cabernet Franc - Syrah - Cabernet Sauvignon Clos St Alphonse of Château Ksara matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of braised beef with carrots, sauté of lamb or basque chicken with chorizo.
Details and technical informations about Château Ksara's Cabernet Franc - Syrah - Cabernet Sauvignon Clos St Alphonse.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cabernet Franc - Syrah - Cabernet Sauvignon Clos St Alphonse from Château Ksara are 2013, 2017, 2015, 2012 and 2011.
Informations about the Château Ksara
The Château Ksara is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 24 wines for sale in the of Bekaa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
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The word of the wine: Old vines
There are no specific regulations governing the term "vieilles vignes". After 20 to 25 years, the yields stabilize and tend to decrease, the vines are deeply rooted, and the grapes that come from them give richer, more concentrated, more sappy wines, expressing with more nuance the characteristics of their terroir. It is possible to find plots of vines that claim to be a century old.
