Name: Reserve Ammiq Pinot Noir 2021
Type: Red Wine
Grapes: Pinot Noir
Year: 2021
Country: Lebanon
Region: Bekaa Valley
Date Consumed: April 6, 2025

Although, as you may know, I’m not the biggest pinot noir fan, my taste buds were fairly entertained by the elixir that came out of this bottle. The Reserve Ammiq Pinot Noir 2021 is a medium-bodied wine with soft tannins. The sip is a velvety bouquet of notes. It carries a balance flavors of blueberry, cherry, plum, mushroom, and earth. It can be served chilled on a hot summer evening with fruits, cheeses, pasta, or Lebanese mezza.

Would I purchase another bottle? Yes.
Would I keep one in the cabinet? No.
Would I age a bottle? No.
Would I suggest it to friends? It depends.

Name: Latourba Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
Type: Red Wine
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon
Year: 2020
Country: Lebanon
Region: Bekaa Valley
Date Consumed: March 23, 2025

Latourba’s Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 is a strong, full-bodied wine with assertive tannins. It can be paired with steaks, cold cuts, and cheeses of all sorts. It’s the type of wine I’d serve when I have friends over for cheese and wine. It’s also the type of wine I’d drink when I’m in shorts and slippers, grilling ribeye steaks on the terrace, enjoying the cool night’s breeze.

It’s a good wine in a good-looking bottle.
And it’s a promising bottle, too.

I have a feeling aging it five years would make it ten times better.

Every additional year will double the enjoyment, I’m sure. Aging it ten years will make it twenty times better… But I guess I’ll have to confirm this statement half a decade or so from now when and if I actually end up aging one.