Château Musar Rouge, Bekaa Valley, Gaston Hochard, Lebanon 2018 emmanuel reynaud class with a capital “C”

class with a capital “C”

but considerably cooler nights than the rest of the appellation

Saint Pierre achieved organic certification in 2012

with total respect for the vital cycle of the vine and traditional processes

Château Musar Rouge, Bekaa Valley, Gaston Hochard, Lebanon 2018 emmanuel reynaud class with a capital “C”Chteau Musar, Ghazir: Musar grapes grow in the Bekaa Valley, a fertile sunny valley at an altitude of 1,000 metres, situated 25 miles east of Beirut cradled between two mountain ranges running parallel to Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline. Chateau Musar was the first producer in Lebanon to achieve organic certification for its vineyards. Vines have been cultivated there for at least 6,000 years: the Phoenicians (seafaring ancestors of the modern