{"product_id":"domaine-des-tourelles-cinsault-bekaa-valley-lebanon-2020-organic","title":"Domaine des Tourelles Cinsault Bekaa Valley Lebanon 2021 ORGANIC","description":"\u003ch5\u003eWinemaker Description \u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGRAPES: Cinsault (100%). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCinsault has been farmed in the Bekaa Valley since the mid-19th century before ceding the way to new imported varieties. In 2014, Domaine des Tourelles decided to revive this grape by searching out very old Cinsault vines, over 50 years of age, and fermenting the wines in concrete tanks using wild yeasts and nothing else to offer the purest expression of that grape. The result is a supple wine that beautifully reflects the terroir of the Bekaa Valley, with an aging potential of several years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePublished by Jancis Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is not much I can say about Bekaa-born Faouzi Issa co-owner and winemaker of Domaine des Tourelles in the Bekaa Valley, that has not already been said by Jancis and Tam but in a week in which Lebanon has again been in the news because of death and destruction, I wanted to celebrate the life that continues to be created every year at Domaine des Tourelles in the most challenging circumstances imaginable. (See Michael Karam’s Lessons in wine-region survival.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssa told me on Wednesday that the nearest pager explosion to them was 1 km away from the winery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2018, the year Domaine des Tourelles celebrated its 150th anniversary, Jancis’s articles Lebanon and the new Serge Hochar? and Lebanon’s oldest winery told of Issa’s journey into wine, via Bordeaux’s Château Margaux and René Rostaing in the Rhône, as well as giving a brief history of Domaine des Tourelles, Lebanese wine more generally and the arrival of Cinsault in the country in the 19th century along with Carignan and Grenache.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTam continued the story in 2022 in more personal terms in Old-vine wines – part 1 Lebanon, describing Issa as ‘that mesmeric combination of scientist, engineer and romantic’, at the same time highlighting Issa’s commitment to old vines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first vintage of this wine was 2014, which was when Issa realised that the old vines offered something special and deserved to be bottled separately (they now have four wines in their Old Vine Collection). He explains, ‘Cinsault has been farmed in the Bekaa Valley since the mid 19th century before ceding the way to new imported varieties.’ For many a year, it was the most widely planted variety in the country but it is now much less popular than it once was.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eMemo Serving Suggestions\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFood Pairings:\u003c\/b\u003e The perfect match for \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"37\"\u003eLevantine and Mediterranean cuisine\u003c\/b\u003e. It pairs excellently with \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"100\"\u003elamb chops, beef tagine, grilled vegetables (ratatouille), or a classic Mezze platter\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"67Wine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46971396423963,"sku":"N047727","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/1789\/4171\/files\/brumkfrhwvz8xovmuohj.jpg?v=1769964339","url":"https:\/\/67wino.shop\/products\/domaine-des-tourelles-cinsault-bekaa-valley-lebanon-2020-organic","provider":"67","version":"1.0","type":"link"}