Domaine de Tourelles Vielles Vignes Bekaa Valley, Lebanon –Carignan 2022 Flashcards
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Production method
5 poins
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- Farming is organic, dry farmed ( no irrigation or water is needed by these old vines)
- Fermentation with indigenous yeasts in concrete vats.
- Malolactic fermentation starts spontaneously then the
- wine is aged for 2 years in concrete vats.
- This whole process witnesses minimal intervention which ends up reflecting closely the real identity of the terroir.
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Year winery was established.
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First winery in Lebanon in 1896- (much of middle ages forward meant that this area did not adopt commercial winemaking as europe did.)
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Who runs the winery now?
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Today, it is run by the next generation of the Issa & Issa el Khoury families – making it the country’s youngest winemaking team running the country’s oldest winery.
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Tasting Notes
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High tannin, high acid, fuller bodied and very savoury, earthy minerality
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Q
Where is Carignan best known?
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It is best known as a grape of Languedoc in southern france and parts of spain near the border
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He long has Carignan been in the Bekaa Valley?
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