Ksara Carignan Old Vines

The Carignan was still the most planted grape in France in the late 1980s. Château Ksara still has vines that are more than sixty years old. 1200 meters above sea level in the Lebanese Bekaa Valley. The plants are not tied up but are scattered in 'bush vines'; in bushes. They make the wine in concrete tanks, built long ago by Jesuit monks.

This Carignan needs air to release. Then it smells and tastes like amarene cherries, cranberries and blackcurrants. Dry and spicy. 'For all occasions' the winemaker writes on the back label. At sometime! But preferably occasions where a meal with, for example, chicken thigh with thyme or leg of lamb with rosemary is present.

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The Carignan was still the most planted grape in France in the late 1980s. Château Ksara still has vines that are more than sixty years old. 1200 meters above sea level in the Lebanese Bekaa Valley. The plants are not tied up but are scattered in 'bush vines'; in bushes. They make the wine in concrete tanks, built long ago by Jesuit monks.