The Château Kefraya is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 35 wines for sale in of Bekaa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Kefraya wines in Bekaa Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Kefraya 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 Kefraya wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Kefraya wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of sautéed pork with pineapple, lamb tagine with olives and honey or scallops with cream.
On the nose the red wine of Château Kefraya. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, red fruit or leather and sometimes also flavors of prune, earth or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Château Kefraya. 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 Kefraya wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of grandma's chicken casserole, rabbit with cider and mushrooms or sardines moroccan style.
On the nose the white wine of Château Kefraya. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, citrus or apples and sometimes also flavors of lemon, stone or elderflower. In the mouth the white wine of Château Kefraya. is a with a nice freshness.
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.
How Château Kefraya wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of traditional hungarian goulash, seven o'clock leg of lamb or sublime salmon (stuffed salmon).
On the nose the pink wine of Château Kefraya. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, grapefruit or peach and sometimes also flavors of strawberries, apricot or lemon.
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How Château Kefraya wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
On the nose the sweet wine of Château Kefraya. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak.
Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
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Carménère is a grape variety of Bordeaux origin. It is the result of a cross between Cabernet Franc and Gros Cabernet. In France, it occupies only about ten hectares, but it is also grown in Chile, Peru, the Andes, California, Italy and Argentina. The leaves of the carmenere are shiny and revolute. Its berries are round and medium-sized. Carménère is susceptible to grey rot, especially in wet autumn. It can also be exposed to the risk of climatic coulure, which is why it is important to grow it on poor soil and in warm areas. Carménère is associated with an average second ripening period. This variety has only one approved clone, 1059. It can be vinified with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. It produces a rich, highly coloured wine, which acquires character when combined with other grape varieties.
