Winery MassayaLe Colombier
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, beef or game (deer, venison).
The Le Colombier of the Winery Massaya is in the top 50 of wines of Lebanon and in the top 40 of wines of Bekaa Valley.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Le Colombier of Winery Massaya in the region of Bekaa Valley often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or blueberry.
Food and wine pairings with Le Colombier
Pairings that work perfectly with Le Colombier
Original food and wine pairings with Le Colombier
The Le Colombier of Winery Massaya matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of baked lasagna, moroccan lamb stew or truffade (auvergne - cantal - 15).
Details and technical informations about Winery Massaya's Le Colombier.
Discover the grape variety: Tempranillo
Elegant, structured reds with aromas of strawberry, cherry, plum, leather, blond tobacco and pronounced vanilla from long oak ageing. Ranges from Joven to Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva. Star of Rioja DOCa, Ribera del Duero DO and Toro DO, also shines in the Douro as Tinta Roriz/Aragonez. One of the world's most planted Spanish varieties.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Le Colombier from Winery Massaya are 2018, 2011, 2016, 2012 and 2017.
Informations about the Winery Massaya
The Winery Massaya is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Bekaa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Bekaa Valley
Lebanese high-altitude valley (~1,000 m), ~6,000 years of winegrowing, ~90% of the country's wine. Complex, age-worthy reds with signature notes of black cherry, blackberry, garrigue, leather, cedar, oriental spices and a balsamic touch, firm tannins and long ageing — Cabernet for backbone, supple Cinsault, dense Carignan, fruity Grenache, peppery Syrah. Native whites Merwah and Obaideh, taut and mineral. Iconic Chateau Musar.
The word of the wine: Defect
Characteristic of a wine that is either aromatically deviant or unbalanced on the palate due to an excess or a lack of one or more flavors.
