Lebanese variety, 150-y.o.-vine, high elevation, semillon-like, lemony loveliness.
Article number: | Lebanese variety, 150-y.o.-vine, high elevation, semillon-like, lemony loveliness. |
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Grape varieties: Merwah (semillon relative maybe)
Region: Lebanon
Appellation: Dimane, Qannboubine Valley
Soils: Sandy loam
Vine age: 150 years!
Farming: Organically farmed, hand-harvested estate fruit.
Vinification: fermented in stainless tanks and amphoras. The wine is fermented on skins for 3 weeks, the cap is gently broken by hand a few times a day, and is then racked off skins in the middle of November into half neutral barrels and half stainless tanks.
Aging: half neutral barrels and half stainless tanks