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Cinsault Vieilles Vignes
¥3,696 - ¥19,071
- Producer: Domaine des Tourelles
- Winemaker: Faouzi Issa
- Country of Origin: Lebanon
- Region of Origin: Bekaa, Chtaura
- Style: Still dry Red
- Grape varieties: Cinsault
- Body: Full
- Vintage: 2019
- ABV: 13%
- Drinking window: 2021-2029
- Closure Type: Cork
Vineyard Information
– Location: West Bekaa Valley
– Soil: Clay and limestone
– Altitude: 1050m
– Trellising System: bush vines
– Year the vines were planted: 1950's and 1960's
– Agricultural method: Organic non-certified
Winemaking process
– Harvest: September
– 100% manually with intensive selection in 20kg boxes.
– Fermentation vessel: 150-year-old concrete vats
– Fermented with indigenous yeasts, then followed by malolactic fermentation
– Ageing apparatus: 8 months in old French casks
Ratings
・2014 vintage, selected by Margaret Rand for the 2018 edition of "101 Wines to Try Before You Die"
17 Pts. by Jancis Robinson; 2014 vintage: "...Beautiful balance and roundness."
17 Pts. by Tamlyn Currin for Jancis Robinson; 2019 vintage: "...This is so good that the nose of wine made me smile out loud...Damn delicious, quite frankly. VGV"