Category: Lebanese Wines

Lebanese Wines: Aurora Chateau

Lebanese Wines: Aurora Chateau 2018

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Name: Aurora Chateau 2018
Type: Red Wine
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
Year: 2018
Country: Lebanon
Region: North Lebanon
Date Consumed: October 18, 2023

Experience

Rain. Mid-October.
There’s no good news on the news, and
tomorrow could mean war.
In Lebanon, “tomorrow” has always been a treacherous place.
We don’t go there unless we have to,
and we always have to…

Rain. Mid-October.
October means
wine drinking season has begun.
My wife and I decide to cook a nice dinner together
and stay indoors.
I choose the wine.
I choose something nice.
Full-bodied, lustful,
stimulating, dark…

Something’s off.

It feels like I’m having champagne
at a funeral.

Wine Review of a Lebanese wine: Cave du Monastere St Jean Cuvee Zakher 2019

Lebanese Wines: Cave du Monastere St Jean Cuvee Zakher 2019

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Name: Cave du Monastere St Jean Cuvee Zakher 2019
Type: Red Wine
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Syrah
Year: 2019
Country: Lebanon
Region: Mount Lebanon
Date Consumed: October 16, 2023

Description:

Minutes after pouring, the sediment settles to the bottom
like childhood sins in the subconscious of an old man.
All is forgiven.
This is a wine that tastes like a prayer on a stormy night.
It is a confession.
Confessions by Saint Augustine, Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
I can smell old books caramelized on forgotten shelves.
I can taste prunes, rain, and firewood.
At the dinner table with my family, I feel like crying
but I laugh instead.

Chateau Ksara 2016, Lebanese Wine.

Lebanese Wines: Chateau Ksara 2016

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Name: Chateau Ksara 2016
Type: Red Wine
Grapes: Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot
Year: 2016
Country: Lebanon
Region: Beqaa Valley
Date Consumed: May 7, 2023

Description:

Dirty secrets aged in oak barrels.
Dark matter wrapped around my tongue.
A full-bodied wine for a wandering mind.

Like reading a book in a haunted castle.
Like swimming in the ocean at night, thinking about sharks.
Like peeling off the pantyhose of a stripper.
Waiting for the monster to come out from under the bed.
Waiting for the shark to bite my leg.
Waiting for a kiss from lips so red.

This wine scores 89/100.