Les Bretèches 2017 Blanc - Kefraya Castle - Lebanon
For generations, the Bustros family has owned a vast agricultural estate in the West Bekaa Valley. It was in 1946 that the construction of the castle established on a tell, artificial hill erected by the Romans centuries ago to watch the movements of troops begins. Attracted by the beauty of the site, the visionary founder Michel de Bustros launches considerable work to establish on these beautiful slopes, the vineyard of Château Kefraya. The first vines appeared in 1951 and it was only in 1979 and under conditions of extreme difficulty in the middle of the Lebanon war (1975-1990), that Château Kefraya began to produce its own wine, with the grapes from its vineyard. own vineyard and vinified in its own winery. Anxious to respect the expression of the terroir, a reasoned viticulture confers on the vines a blooming in the most healthy conditions. Significant differences in temperature between day and night make it possible to obtain a perfect maturity of the grapes and to harvest by hand serenely. In an artistic approach, all the wines of Château Kefraya are the fruit of a blend of grape varieties. "The work of art lies in the art of assemblage.As a painter mixes the colors of his palette to make his canvas, the oenologist composes his wines of various grape varieties, in search of harmony and harmony. balance "Michel de Bustros.