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Massaya, Beqaa Valley Gold Reserve, 2012

Red Wine from Lebanon, Lebanon
by Massaya
$81.99
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At 13 years old, the 2012 Gold Reserve is the mature flagship of Massaya's Lebanese range, and it is drinking beautifully right now. This is the wine where Sami and Ramzi Ghosn's French partners, the Bruniers of Vieux Telegraphe and Dominique Hebrard of Cheval Blanc, lean into a Bordelais frame: half Cabernet Sauvignon, with Mourvedre and Syrah filling out the body, aged nine months in new French oak. Time in bottle has done its work. The fruit has turned from primary to dried and spiced, the oak has melted into the wine, and a layer of cedar, tobacco, and Lebanese spice has settled in. A rare chance to drink Bekaa Valley red at peak maturity.

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Cabernet Sauvignon , Mourvedre , Syrah

  • Vintage

    2012

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Sustainable

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Full Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

What Skurnik Wines has to say about this wine:

50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Mourvèdre & 10% SyrahGrapes are grown on the hillsides of the Beqaa Valley between 900-1,200 meters above sea levelHand harvested into crates and sorted on tables100% destemmed, then fermented for 30 days in temperature controlled oak vatsAged for 18-24 months in oak vatsUnfined & unfiltered

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Roast leg of lamb with garlic and rosemary, slow-cooked oxtail, mansaf, or aged hard cheeses.

Tasting Profile

Full-bodied and integrated. Dried black fruit, cedar, tobacco, leather, sweet spice, and resolved tannins.

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.