2008 Blanc de Blancs, Kefraya
(6x75cl)
| Product Code: | 51876108 |
| Description: | 2008 Blanc de Blancs, Kefraya |
| Case Size: | 6x75cl |
| Producer: | Château Kefraya |
| Region: | Bekaa |
| Country: | Lebanon |
| Alc. By Vol.: | 13 |
Grape Varieties
| 45% | Viognier |
| 30% | Sauvignon Blanc |
| 25% | Chardonnay |
Food Matching Note:
This delightfully aromatic and textured wine is perfect to accompany spicy Eastern style dishes such as tempura prawns with a chilli dipping sauce or dim sum. It will also complement full flavoured white fish such as swordfish sashimi or oven roasted monkfish with pesto and panceta.
Tasting Note:
Pale yellow in colour, the nose reveals jasmine floral scents and exotic fruits such as grapefruit and pineapple. The palate is fresh and round with a silky texture and a slightly almond aftertaste.
Vinification Note:
Harvesting of the grapes is exclusively by hand. As the winery is situated at the centre of the domain the grapes are brought to the winery within minutes, an absolute necessity for keeping the fragrant varietal characteristics in the heat of Lebanon. The grapes are pneumaticaly whole bunch pressed then cold settled in steel where fermentation is begun with a selected yeast and at controlled temperatures of 15° to 20°C followed by a period of ageing in vats from 30 to 60 days on the fine lees. Stabilisation is by flash chilling to -4°C and bottling is entirely at the château.