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Massaya, Beqaa Valley Cap Est, 2018

Red Wine from Lebanon, Lebanon
by Massaya
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Cap Est is the top red at Massaya, the Lebanese estate run by Sami and Ramzi Ghosn alongside their French partners from Vieux Telegraphe and Bordeaux. The grapes come from a chalky hillside site at 1,200 meters in the far northeast of the Bekaa Valley, near Ras Baalbek. The blend is half Grenache, half Mourvedre, aged 22 months in oak and bottled unfined and unfiltered. The wine is elegant and velvety, with violets, ripe red berries, and a clear mineral pulse from the high-altitude chalk. A serious Lebanese red that holds its own with the best of the southern Rhone.

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Grenache , Mourvedre

  • Vintage

    2018

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Sustainable

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

What Skurnik Wines has to say about this wine:

100% Grenache NoirGrapes grown on the hillsides of the north-easterly portion of the Beqaa Valley at 1,200 meters above sea level, in the Ras Baalbeck areaChalky clay soilsHand harvested into crates and sorted on tables100% destemmed, then fermented for 30 days in temperature controlled oak vatsAged for 18 months in oak vatsUnfined & unfiltered

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Lamb kibbeh, grilled merguez with couscous, slow-braised lamb shanks, or roasted eggplant with tahini.

Tasting Profile

Medium to full-bodied and silky. Red cherry, violets, eastern spice, fine tannins, and a long mineral finish.

Most people have heard of Chateau Musar, one of the most famous wineries from Lebanon. While Massaya is a relatively new kid on the block, it has done much to bring Lebanese wine to the greater population. Based also in the Bekaa Valley, where the climate is ideal for grape growing, Massaya has some of the oldest vineyard sites in the world, dating back to the Phoenicians.