Wines and Alcoholic Beverages from Lebanon

Listed on our Wine List

 

Lebanese wines, a treasure to be discovered!

 

According to archaeologists, one may trace the origins of wine to Armenia and well beyond 8000 years ago, but Persia should probably be credited for the birth of vine cultivation. Phoenicians, however, ancestors to today's Lebanese, deserve the merit of disseminating the knowledge of wine all around the Mediterranean Coast as well as to pharaoh Egypt.

Thus this comes as no surprise to find wines of remarkable quality in that little corner of the world. For Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley enjoys sunshine more than 240 days a year, and the land has been granted with the best of conditions to produce beautiful wines. The abundance of the appropriate minerals and a sound equilibrium in the morphology of this land are essential components in making it an ideal area for vine growing.

 

For the past few years, Restaurant Aux Lilas has featured exclusively in its wine list the best of Lebanese wines available to Québecers. Unfortunately, in the 375ml format, none of these is available. But under this small format, you will find a selection of excellent French wines and of course, with regard to other alcoholic beverages, a good selection of those that are familiar to you.

  

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ARAKS

El Massaya  Fakra  Kefraya  Ksarak  Pierre Brun   Touma

 

DIGESTIF

Vieille eau-de-vie    Château Ksara                      

Aged in an oak vat for 40 years, and bottled more than        25 years ago, this Lebanese «Armagnac» may not be found anywhere else in Québec!

 

White Wines       *Varietals

Blanc de l’Observatoire Château Ksara * Sauvignon, Muscat,  

                                                                      Clairette                                

Blanc de blancs,Château Ksara *Sauvignon, Sémillon, Chardonnay                          

Blanc de Blancs, Château Fakra * Ugni blanc            

La Perle du Château Domaine Wardi * Chardonnay     

La Dame Blanche, Château Kefraya  * Bourboulene, Clairette, Ugni                                 

 

RED WINES                                                                                          

*Varietals    

Cabernet Franc (CF)  Carignan (Car.)  Grenache  (G)  Petit Verdot  (PV) 

Syrah (Sy) Cabernet-Sauvignon (CS)  Cinsault (Ci)   Mourvèdre (Mou)   

Merlot  (Me)  Tempranillo (T)

 

Cave Kouroum,                                                                                   

Château Fakra  * CS, Sy , Ci                                                                                         

Château Kefraya  * CS., Car, Mou., G, Sy                                                                    

Château Ksara   * CS, Me, P V                                                                                       

Château Marsyas,                                                                  

Château Nakad  Cave Nakad  *CS, Sy, G, Me                     

Château St–Thomas  Clos St-Thomas * CS., Me, Sy            

Clos St-Alphonse,                                                                   

Comte de M  Château Kefraya * CS., Sy, Mou                                                              

Cuvée du 3ième millénaire, Château Ksara * CF, PV                 

Les Bretèches Ch. Kefraya * Ci, Sy, C.S.,T., Car., G.                       

Les Émirs ,Clos St- Thomas * CS., G, Ci, Car                                                                      

Massaya Gold Reserve , * Ci, CS, Sy                                    

Musar Cuvée Rouge,                                                                

Nakad rouge , Château Nakad, * Ci, Car                                                                          

Prieuré de Ksara Château Ksara * Ci, Sy, C S                           

       Réserve du Couvent,  Château Ksara *C.S. Sy, Car

 

 

 

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