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.