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Lebanon Wine Review: Chateau Cana Comète Rouge 2016 - Lebanese, Red Wine

Lebanese Wines: Chateau Cana Comète Rouge 2016

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Name: Chateau Cana Comète Rouge 2016
Type: Red Wine
Grapes: Sabbaghieh, Cinsault, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon
Year: 2016
Country: Lebanon
Region: Mount Lebanon
Date Consumed: June 2, 2024

If you’re looking for a good Lebanese red wine with a good bang for your buck, Chateau Cana’s Comète Rouge can be it. It’s medium-bodied and dry, and its tannins are shy. Expect notes of black fruits, ripe cherry, and gentle spices.

The Comète Rouge can be paired with red meat, strong cheeses, and rotisserie chicken. But I’d also pair it with all sorts of snacks: chips, nuts, crackers, and whatever one devours on game nights.

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
Bzommar Red Wine

Lebanese Wines: Couvent Notre Dame de Bzommar Cuvée des Moines Vin Rouge 2021

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Name: Bzommar Cuvée des Moines Vin Rouge 2021
Type: Red Wine
Grapes: N/A
Year: 2021
Country: Lebanon
Region: Keserwan
Date Consumed: May 28, 2024

Our Lady of Bzommar is where I was baptized. It’s also where I got married in the summer of 2021. So, naturally, I can be biased when talking about the wine they make there. But you’ll have to believe me when I say that the wine is worth trying. It may not be the best wine in Lebanon, but it’s also very far from being the worst. This wine, in particular, is sweet and comes with notes of ripe red and black fruits, subtle hints of spices, and a harmony of other notes. I’d pair it with raw nuts, cooked chestnuts, and (Christmas) desserts.