Maison – Red Wine

Karam - Maison 2021

Wine Content-type: Red wine
Grape Variety: Syrah, Cinsaut and Cabernet Sauvignon 
Appellation: Jezzine, Southern Lebanon
Fermentation/Maturation: This wine has been fermented in stainless steel tanks 
Serving: Best served at 16°C with hot dishes and in the summer at 11°C with raw fish
Decanting: No decanting is necessary prior to savoring

Winemaking & Tasting Notes

Vintage 2021: Our aim is to produce a red wine that would be enjoyed within a year of its birth, while also having serious potential for aging. This wine can be enjoyed in winter at room temperature or chilled during summertime. The varietals grown at high altitudes are handpicked and vinified using special techniques, culminating in a fresh, fruity, supple wine with soft tannins.

Food Pairing: Pairs well with all types of pasta, pizza, white or red meat and sushi or tuna carpaccio

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Arak Fakra is an extra special baladi Arak, distilled in keeping with the ancestral Lebanese traditions with a selection of clusters of grapes and top-quality aniseed. It is then aged until maturity in baked clay jars which gives it a taste unlike any other.

Arak is the national Lebanese beverage. Today, over 100 years later, this family's descendants perpetuate the traditions of the Lebanese mountain by producing with the same method and according to the same formula that rare arak bearing the name of Arak Fakra, a name inspired by a prestigious site of that mountain situated at an altitude of more then 1500 meters. Already long before our era, the Romans had chosen this area to raise temples devoted to their divinities among which that of Venus and monuments honoring emperor Claudius (10AC - 54AD) whose name was Baalgalassos. The shadow of these temples' ruins still hands today over the cellars where Arak Fakra comes to maturity.

Winemaking: The grapes are manually harvested, totally stemmed and transferred to tank in order to achieve the alcoholic fermentation. The Cinsault is shortly vatted to keep the freshness, the Syrah and Mourvedre are kept for a longer time to extract the aroma and spices, and the Cabernet-Sauvignon undergoes long skin contact to express length and elegance. The free flowing and press wine achieve the malolactic fermentation in different vats.

Maturing: The grape varietals are matured separately in vats for 14 to 18 months before being blended, fined and bottled. Taste: Its bright intense ruby red colour, with an exotic fruity aroma along with spicy and licorice notes make it a wine to remember. The mellow and supple tannins produce a persisting length on the Palate Ageing It can be drunk upon purchase or kept for 2 to 3 years in a good cellar.

Serving: Its easy flowing taste suits daily consumption and goes along very well with leg of lamb and stew

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Mother of Eight is made from the land`s richest. This contemporary Dry Gin is crafted by blending two separate distillates through a unique process.

 Lebanese botanicals are macerated others are gently vapor infused giving it its complex taste. 

• Handcrafted By: The Three Brothers 

• AVB : 44%

• CL : 75

Said Touma came from a family with a long history in the alcohol business and founded Clos St. Thomas in 1997. The winery was named after the chapel of St. Thomas, found in the heart of the vineyards.

Arak Touma is distilled four times using a variety of grapes and quality aniseed.

Pale Lager style beer brewed by Brasserie Almaza S.A.L. in Beirut, Lebanon.

2.7% Alc.