Les Bretèches 2017 Red - Château Kefraya - Lebanon 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056
For generations, the Bustros family has owned a large agricultural estate in the Lebanese West Bekaa Valley. 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056 It was in 1946 that construction began on the castle established on a tell, an artificial hill erected by the Romans centuries earlier to monitor the movement of troops. 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056 Attracted by the beauty of the site, the visionary founder Michel de Bustros launched considerable work to establish on these magnificent hillsides, the vineyard of Château Kefraya. 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056 The first vines appeared in 1951 and it was only in 1979 and under conditions of extreme difficulty in the middle of the Lebanese war (1975-1990), that Château Kefraya began to produce its own wine, with the grapes from its 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056 own vineyard and vinified in its own cellar. 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056 Anxious to respect the expression of the terroir, reasoned viticulture gives the vines flourish under the healthiest conditions. 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056 Significant differences in temperature between day and night allow the grapes to mature perfectly and harvest by hand serenely. 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056 In an artistic approach, all Château Kefraya wines are the fruit of a blend of grape varieties. 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056 "The work of art resides in the art of assembly. As a painter mixes the colors of his palette to create his canvas, the oenologist composes his wines from various grape varieties, in search of harmony and 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056 balance "Michel de Bustros. 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056