Chateau Ksara, Cuvee du Troisieme Millenaire, Bekaa Valley

A little too oaky but good. Nice structure, tannins and muted red fruit.

Lebanese star. PV, CF and Syrah in wonderful harmony. One to enjoy now, but would cellar well for another five years, might push 93+. Nosel: Bustling earthy pencil shavings w/ ripe old world black fruit. Dark plum flesh, blackcurrant, snapped herb underbrush, subtle creamy oak and leather. Pal: Classical elegance and power. Granite and cedar shavings, to blackcurrant, plum skin, blueberries, dried earthy herbs. Lifted med+ acid and tannin (ageable). Savoury dark chocolate, smoky. Fin: Blackcurrant concentrate, old oak and …

Still ok

balanced and fruity nose / blackcurrant; taste still ok, but probably already over peak - a bit sour, earthy, medicinal, tanins in the background; pleasant finish

Wines of the Mediterranean : Toasty oak, meaty notes with cherry and spices, some cinnamon and earth. Nice sweet fruit up front though the tannins come in heavily toward the middle, giving it structure but making it firm. Medium length, this would benefit from another couple of years in bottle.

Ripe red fruit nose with raspberries, strawberries and red apples. Lifting herbs, meat and medicinal notes. Medium bodied, dry and balanced on the palate with dry fruit character, woody notes and certain airiness to the expression. Medicinal character, red apple and wood. Quite lengthy. Rather fine stuff. After a few days in the fridge: Intense, darker fruit, plummy, olives, oily wood and supple structure. Very nice.

color is deep cherry, the nose is typical oak with hints of bell pepper, the texture is disapointing and the dry tannins are typical of the Ksara touch.