Chateau Musar White, Lebanon 2017 Gifts

Chateau Musar White, Lebanon 2017 GiftsVintage OverviewA year noted as the first since records began, where the mountains were not covered with winter snow and dry conditions further compounded by low rainfall through much of the spring and into summer. Thankfully, the ancient and indigenous Merwah and Obaideh varietals that make up the Chateau Musar White, are grown at very high altitude (1200 1400 metres above sea level) and avoid the higher temperatures found on the Bekaa Valley floor,

dried Seville oranges and juniper berries

It ages for eighteen months in new French oak barrels and is then bottled with one soft filtration

fascinating female protagonist of the Arabian Nights has a fruity flesh voice

Great salmon pink in colour makes this wine look extremely attractive

and mostly matured in seasoned French oak barrels

alluvial loams over gravelly subsoils in these valleys provide ideal growing conditions for our Sauvignon Blanc

This is a lively

When we retrieve years from Kopke's history

Philippe Clicquot-Muiron established the original enterprise which in time became the house of Veuve Clicquot

The gift included several plots of ancient vines

The Seghesio Zinfandels have been scooping Gold medals and Trophies for years now

The grapes are predominantly trodden in lagares