Le Petit Baal, Dom. de Baal - 2019

Name: Le Petit Baal, Dom. de Baal
Brand: Dom. de Baal
SKU: 47540
Price: 23.96 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 47540 750mL

Sebastien Khoury spent years living and making wine in St. Emilion before returning to Lebanon in 2006. This blend of Syrah and Merlot undergoes whole cluster fermentation, and the wine spends 10 months in used French oak. Pair this with chicken molokhia.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2019

Country

Lebanon

Producer

Dom. de Baal

Grape Variety

Syrah

Merlot

Production Methods

Organic

Practicing Organic

Wine made from grapes grown without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides in the vineyard.

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Staff Pick Notes

Lebanon has been a center of winemaking in ancient times, since the sixth millennium BC. This country has the perfect environment and, in general, "terroir" for winemaking, cool winters and warm summers. After spending years in Saint-Émilion, Bordeaux, the producer of this wine Sebastien Khoury went back to Lebanon, in the Bekaa Valley and created this beautiful wine. Organic practices in the vineyard and little intervention in the winery are the most important parts in the production process. Ripe dark fruit notes followed by spices are noticeable when you sip this wine. The smoothness and silkiness on the palate, show the typical qualities of the Merlot grape. The spicy notes come from Syrah. To be paired with roasted Za'atar chicken!

- AFR

Glossary

Merlot

The next time you hear someone say they never touch Merlot, tell them that it's too bad, because you were just about to open a few bottles of Château Pétrus and Le Pin, and you have no one to share them with. Some wine drinkers are quick to dismiss varieties that become too fashionable, but Merlot is popular for good reason. It has one of the most impressive and distinctive textures of any wine, and has long been prized for the "softening" effect it can have on Cabernet Sauvignon - especially...

Syrah

We'd like to clear this up once and for all: the Shiraz grape is genetically identical to Syrah. Australian winemakers put "Shiraz" on the map (and, many would argue, vice versa), and the term is now used throughout much of the New World. Let it never be said, however, that Shiraz and Syrah are the same thing: the region in which the grape is grown determines much about the flavor of the wine it will produce. Typically, New World Shiraz yields bigger, fruitier wines than the the peppery Syrahs...