Rayak Chateau 2016
Description and tasting notes
Wine-making has been a passion of the Maalouf family for hundreds of years. In 1914
the family escaped the World War One famine in Mount Lebanon and took refuge in
the city of Rayak, in the Bekaa Valley. The region’s unique climate and terrain provided
their wine with an unexpected wealth of flavors, aromas, and rich colors. Looking back
on centuries of winemaking experience, the Maalouf artisanal winery is located in a city at the heart of Lebanon’s winemaking region.
Produced with 9 types of grapes with a dark cherry red color, this wine is highly aromatic, perfectly balanced. Bouquet of dark cedar honey, dry pine leaves, and Oakwood. The grapes used in this wine are organically raised and delicately cultivated from our vineyards in Terboul. The fermentation takes place at our small artisanal winery in Rayak. The hole proses is labored and operated by family members with only a few external interventions.
Aged for 24 months in four types of oak barrels
