Château Oumsiyat Cuvée Membliarus Assyrtico 2018, Lebanon

Ultra refreshing Lebanese white wine with bags of citrus and hints of warm spice.

Chateau Oumsiyat Cuvee Membliarus is a dry, medium bodied white wine from Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. It is a blend of Assyrtiko (91%), Sauvignon Blanc and Viognier with 13.0% abv. Suitable for Vegans. 

Winemaker Joseph Bou Sleiman comes from a family with generations of winemaking and he has a deep passion for his trade. He built a modern winery in the village of Mtein but still personally oversees his 78 hectares of vines, some situated over 1,000m above sea level in the breathtaking Beqaa Valley betweem Mt Lebanon to the west and the Anti-Lebanon Mountains to the east. Altitude, microclimate and unique valley soils create perfect conditions for Mediterranean-style wines. Cuvee Membliarus is named after the Phoenician governor of Santorini. For this wine the grapes, grown at high altitude, are specially selected and gentled pressed. The must is racked and cool fermentation in steel tank preserves the fruity flavours in the wine. The style is fresh and crisp with notes of white peach, passion fruit and melon over flinty minerality and floral aromas. The finish is spicy and juicy, leaving your mouth watering for more.

You'll like this if you like... Santorini Assyrtiko.

Pairs beautifully with: Classic Greek salad, fresh vine tomatoes, oysters, fatty fish (lobster, sardines) and lemon, or try with pasta bake.

Cheese pairing: Feta, Pennard Vale goat's cheese or Parmigiano-Reggiano.

About Chateau Oumsiyat | Grapes Dictionary

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