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Merweh & Obeideh Vieilles Vignes
¥3,498 - ¥18,049
- Producer: Domaine des Tourelles
- Winemaker: Faouzi Issa
- Country of Origin: Lebanon
- Region of Origin: Northern Lebanon and Bekaa Valley
- Style: Still dry White
- Grape varieties: 50%Merweh, 50% Obeideh
- Body: Light
- Vintage: 2020
- ABV: 11%
- Drinking window: 2021-2029
- Closure Type: Cork
Vineyard Information
– Location: Bsharreh mountains at the foothills of the millenial cedars (Merweh) and the hills of Zahle (obeideh)
– Soil: Clay and limestone
– Altitude: 1400m (Merweh); Zahle hills (1100 meters)
– Trellising System: bush vines (Merweh), Pergola (Obeideh)
– Year the vines were planted: first half of the 19th century (Merweh), 1970s (Obeideh)
– Agricultural method: Organic non-certified
Winemaking process
– Harvest: end of Spetember (Obeideh), October (Merweh)
– 100% manually with intensive selection in 20kg boxes. Merweh vineyards: several rounds are needed to obtain perfect ripeness.
– pre-ferementation maceration of 24 hours
– Fermentation vessel: stainless steel with indigenous yeasts
– Ageing apparatus: kept a few months in stainless steel tanks after belnding