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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.

Château Kefraya Les Exceptions Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

Lebanese Wines: Château Kefraya Les Exceptions Cabernet-Sauvignon 2016

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Name: Château Kefraya Les Exceptions Cabernet-Sauvignon 2016
Type: Red Wine
Grapes: Cabernet-Sauvignon
Year: 2016
Country: Lebanon
Region: Beqaa Valley
Date Consumed: January 21, 2024

Sweet black cherry,
sweeter than the average cabernet-sauvignon wines I’m used to,
sweeter than the dream I had about you.
Medium tannins. Ripe fruits,
riper than the apple picked by the viper
from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
A sip of sin, the original sin,
which simply means: “Now that you know,
you’re responsible.”
A sip of sin so pleasurable
I hear you pant,
see you undress, pull down your pants,
and wait for me.

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.