Thursday, 21 July 2011

Chateau Kefraya from Lebanon

I cannot remember when I first tasted a Lebanese wine, however, I know that it was at a Chateau Musar tasting. For many years, the only Lebanese wines I know were different vintages of Musar. I had seen Chateau Kefraya and bought a couple of bottles, but I had not got round to tasting them. Then all of a sudden, I found that I tasted the next two most famous wineries within 8 weeks of each other at the end of 2009. I had met Chateau Ksara at the wine fair in early November, then in mid December, at the KCC Wine Society Xmas Party, I came across this Chateau Kefraya. Ruby red, with a jammy berry nose, it was slightly sweet on the attack, leading to fruit on the palate, giving way to mouth-watering acidity on swallowing, finishing with acid and tannins as well as a slightly bitter note.

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