Touriga Nacional Red Wine

Karam - Touriga Nacional Red Wine

Why Les Raretés?

From the womb of our efforts to diversify the taste of Lebanese wine, the selection of Les Raretés was born. It comprises varietals that are solely planted in Lebanon by Karam Wines; undoubtedly others will follow suit. Their scarcity earned them their name: Les Raretés. –Captain Habib Karam

Wine Content-type: Red wine
Grape Variety: Touriga Nacional (Portugal)
Appellation: Jezzine, Southern Lebanon
Fermentation: 100% in stainless steel

Maturation: Aged in oak barrels for 6 months
100% new French oak
Serving: Best served at 15 - 17°C
Decanting: Decant for a half hour prior to savoring

Why Touriga Nacional?

In Captain Karam’s endless educational travels to winemaking countries and its different regions,he discovered Touriga Nacional. He found this varietal to be quite singular and thought it would thrive in the Jezzine terroir. Years after planting Touriga in Lebanon, numerous tastings confirmed the Captain’s gut feeling.

Winemaking & Tasting Notes

Expressiveness, aromatic diversity and good ageing potential drove us to plant the Touriga Nacional. Grown on 1,100-meter plots facing the Mediterranean, this low yield Touriga was vinified and aged in oak barrels for only six
months to create a good balance of fruit, oak and to maintain soft tannins. In Lebanon Jezzine’s terroir, it produces violet floral aromas, supported by blackcurrant, cherry, dark chocolate and spice in the background. Silkiness on entry to the palate, noticeable structure and a burst of dark fruit culminating with rounded acidity and
long lasting minerality.

Food Pairing: Cured meat, medium steak, pastrami, pasta with red sauce and roast beef

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Nevermind the sunset! Look forward to the night! Rosé has the stigma of being for the weak. We finally give you a Rosé filled the raw power of the Northern Bekaa grapes. It is the uncommon wine of Lebanon.

Taste the fruits and well balanced acidity, and dare to be as obnoxious and wild as you possibly can.

This isn’t meant for rosy sunsets, this is meant for crazed nights filled with those who dare to be Pink. Get Rosy eyes! 

VINIFICATION: Traditional, in stainless steel tanks.“Méthode Saignée”.

GRAPE VARIETY: 25% Blend of Syrah 25% Tempranillon 25% Grenache 25% Cinsault

• ABV - 12.5%

• Cl - 75

• Year - 2020

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Forget etiquette, Drink from the Bottle. Our Red is made for us. The loud, the happy, the ones unconcerned by public opinion. We lift our glasses with smiles, and drink them whole with joy. We taste the fruity, the fresh, and well rounded, and inhale the aroma of our red fruits! We gulp it all down with a smirk! Let the streets run Red. Grape variety: 15% Merlot 15% Cabernet Sauvignon 30% Syrah 40% Tempranillo VINIFICATION: Traditional, in stainless steel tanks. Aged for 2 years in concrete tanks. Bouquet: Red Fruits, well balanced aromas Taste: Fresh, Fruity and Round ADDITIONAL INFO:

• Sugar content: 2.04g/l

• Total Acidity: 3.03 (g.Sulfiric a./l)

• ABV - 13%

• CL - 75

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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.

Always Down! Always Grounded! This is a wine whose whiteness doesn’t promise virtue, but promises a clear invitation to fuck shit up! Not just a side dish for your meal, this is a traveling companion along the streets!

This is a wine for the rooftop parties where the people have wings!

This is a wine for people who enjoy themselves! Drink White and Forget the Night .

GRAPE VARIETY: 40% Sauvignon Blanc 10% Chardonnay 10% Muscat 40% Uniblanc

ADDITIONAL INFO:

Sugar content: 2.84g/l

Total Acidity: 2.79 (g.Sulfiric a./l)

ABV - 12.5%

CL - 75

Year 2020

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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.