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Château Kefraya Adéenne Red 2020

Lebanese Wines: Château Kefraya Adéenne Red 2020

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Name: Château Kefraya Adéenne Red 2020
Type: Red Wine
Grapes: Aswad Karech, Asmi Noir
Year: 2020
Country: Lebanon
Region: Beqaa Valley
Date Consumed: February 11, 2024

Of all the Château Kefraya wines, the Adéenne Red is the only one that I wouldn’t have again. To be sure, it does taste like a wine made by experts, and it does come with nicely balanced notes with the potential to entertain the most demanding and selective palates. However, even though I acknowledge the creativity and effort put into the creation of the Adéenne, I’d like to play the “subjectivity” card here and say that this wine just isn’t made for me.

Please don’t take my word for it; I encourage you to try it. Who knows? Maybe you’ll fall in love with it.

Château Kefraya Les Exceptions Carignan

Lebanese Wines: Château Kefraya Les Exceptions Carignan

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Name: Château Kefraya Les Exceptions Carignan 2018
Type: Red Wine
Grapes: Carignan
Year: 2018
Country: Lebanon
Region: Beqaa Valley
Date Consumed: January 28, 2024

A sunrise, a vineyard, stairs that invite you
to enter darkness.
Paintings on the walls of a cold, dark cellar
— unsmiling fathers, grandfathers, and great-grandfathers.
Wines waiting, wines forgotten,
spiderwebs like dreamcatchers,
time machines in bottles.
Although you can’t travel back in time,
you can still experience the past
in the present
by drinking the potion.
But you know this very well:
We don’t drink wine to remember,
nor do we drink to forget.
We drink wine to make
memories that, in the future,
we might want to forget.

Couvent Rouge 2016 - Lebanese Wines

Lebanese Wines: Couvent Rouge 2016

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Name: Couvent Rouge 2016
Type: Red Wine
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Tempranillo
Year: 2016
Country: Lebanon
Region: Beqaa Valley
Date Consumed: January 11, 2024

Nice wine. Medium-bodied with strawberry and cherry notes. Easy to drink. Good for casual gatherings. Goes well with snacks. I’d give this one a 70/100. It’s an okay wine, but it’s definitely not one of the top wines out there.