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Reviewer of Lebanese wines reviewing a red wine from Lebanon called Skarya Le Rouge

Lebanese Wines: Skarya Le Rouge 2021

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Name: Skarya Le Rouge 2021
Type: Red Wine
Grapes: Merlot, Syrah
Year: 2021
Country: Lebanon
Region: Beit Lahia, Beqaa
Date Consumed: February 13, 2025

I had some friends over last night, and the ideal atmosphere to try new wines was created. We were sitting by the fireplace, chitter-chattering, enjoying our time. So, I went ahead and uncorked a bottle none of us had ever tried.

Here’s Skarya Le Rouge, a wine made by a distillery called Striped Hyena Distillery, which is clearly named after Lebanon’s national animal, which is, of course, the striped hyena…

Comparatively, we can say that Skarya is a new wine, a noob amongst well-established Lebanese wineries. At the time of writing this, Skarya Le Rouge as well as the other wines made by Striped Hyena Distillery are almost unknown to the general public. Their bottles aren’t commonly found in supermarkets. And when I looked them up on the internet, I found very little information about them. This may or may not change, depending on the quantity of bottles they produce and the budget they allocate for marketing.

Now, a few words about the wine itself, Skarya Le Rouge:

The Skarya Le Rouge is a casual wine that doesn’t require your full attention and can be drunk in informal settings. It comes with warm and cozy notes of friendship. It has its flaws and imperfections, but it is not sipped to be judged. It is young and promising, but it is not who it wants to be yet.

Overall, it can be said that it is an acceptably good wine. But that is all.

Review of the Lebanese Wine Chateau Heritage Cabernet Franc

Lebanese Wines: Chateau Heritage Cabernet Franc 2023

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Name: Chateau Heritage Cabernet Franc 2023
Type: Red Wine
Grapes: Cabernet Franc
Year: 2023
Country: Lebanon
Region: Bekaa Valley
Date Consumed: November 30, 2024

A medium-to-full-bodied wine with assertive tannins and notes of black cherry, raspberry, and green capsicum.

My wife and I took this bottle to a getaway in the mountains and uncorked it a couple of hours before dinner. We were a little surprised that it tasted this good. The Chateau Heritage Cabernet Franc is an affordable bottle that tastes more expensive than its price tag. We enjoyed every sip. It was a cold night, and the wine kept us warm.

I’d age this bottle of garnet-colored pleasure three to five years, and I’d pair it with a good steak and a Nicaraguan cigar.

Reviewing Nabise, a nicely aged red wine from Mount Lebanon

Lebanese Wines: Chateau Nabise 2005

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Name: Chateau Nabise 2005
Type: Red Wine
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Syrah
Year: 2005
Country: Lebanon
Region: Mount Lebanon
Date Consumed: June 2, 2024

I brought two bottles of wine with me for Sunday lunch at my mom’s. One of them was Chateau Nabise. Since it was the older bottle, we opened it first, before we sat down to eat. All of us there were trying Chateau Nabise for the first time, and all of us were impressed.

A good blend, nicely aged, medium-to-full, soft tannins, smooth. Sweet notes of ripe black fruits, and chocolate. Subtle hints of oak and molasses.

Let me end this post with a question from one of the books I recently read.

The rise of Artificial Intelligence confronts all of us with a similar test: will humans show enough antifragility to survive and emerge even stronger from integrating the AI into their daily lives, or will they be extinct as humans?

– Slavoj Zizek, Christian Atheism: How to Be a Real Materialist