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Sainte Thérèse

  • Producer: Château Khoury
  • Winemaker: Jean-Paul Khoury
  • Place of Origin: Bekaa Valley, Zahle
  • Style&Type: Dry Red wine
  • Grape varieties: 80% Caladoc, 20% Pinot Noir
  • Body: Medium
  • ABV: 12.5%
  • Vintage: 2018
  • Drinking window: 2020-2026
  • Closure Type: cork
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Vineyard Information

– Location: Dhour Zahle, Bekaa Valley

– Soil: limestone and clay

– Altitude: 1220m

– Year the vines were planted: 1996

– Agricultural method: Organic certified

Winemaking process

– Harvest date: end of August for Pinot Noir, beginning to mid-october for Caladoc

– Harvested by hand in boxes of 20kg

– Destemmed and crushed

– Fermentation vessel: stainless steel

– Type of Yeasts used: wild

– Pre-fermentation maceration for one week

– Malolactic fermentation: yes

– Maturation Vessel: 70% stainless steel, 30% old french oak barrels

– Maturation period: 6 months in vessels and 4 months in bottles