Chateau Ksara, Reserve du Couvent, Bekaa Valley
Chateau Ksara · Bekaa Valley › Lebanon
Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
85
/100
Reviews
18
professional
Vintages
No vintages
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Community Reviews
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84.6
Avg Score
91
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Taster #7771
· Dec 8, 2018
86/100
Opened one hour before drinking (no decant). This has improved nicely over the past few months. Rich, meaty nose. Tongue drying palate. Medium intensity tannins on the medium finish. Nice QPR blend from Lebanon. 40% Syrah, 30% CF, 30% CS
2015 vintage
Taster #7674
· Jun 24, 2018
86/100
Différent, sauvage, épicé, boisé. Il y a de meilleurs Q/P dans cette région peu visité.
2015 vintage
Taster #2564
· Jun 1, 2018
86/100
Enjoyable, the spice from the carignan really comes through.
2015 vintage
Taster #7771
· Apr 15, 2018
82/100
30 min decant. Deep magenta color. Dried meat and prune on the subtle nose. Smooth, very dry palate, with nice meatiness and spiciness. Soft tannins on the medium finish. The weak nose is what diminishes this otherwise good QPR wine.
2015 vintage
Taster #4443
· Feb 20, 2018
80/100
Black fruit, slightly sweet. An overall pleasant, simple, blandly one-dimensional wine.
2015 vintage
Taster #5630
· Dec 25, 2017
80/100
I've enjoyed this syrah/cabernet blend in previous years which invariably displayed a chunky, rustic charm and beguiling sense of place. But this vintage is bland and commercial in style with too much sweet vanilla oak and not enough structure or concentration.
2015 vintage
Taster #7771
· Sep 16, 2017
91/100
30 min decant. Fennel (think anise), earth, cinnamon and Summer sausage on rich nose. Super smooth palate with good acidity and mouth drying tannins. Soft, rounded tannins on medium finish.
2013 vintage
Taster #4051
· Jun 17, 2017
88/100
Very pleasant surprise. Competent Bord. blend. Strong tannic grip balanced by soft red fruits. Light to medium weight. Short finish.
2013 vintage
Taster #4103
· Mar 20, 2017
84/100
Tight on opening, 1/2 hour later was 89 pts, but faded to the point we had to add water to finish.
2013 vintage
Taster #9409
· Jul 30, 2016
86/100
Good fruit with sharp tannins.
2013 vintage
Taster #0529
· Jul 2, 2016
16/20
2013 vintage
Taster #2116
· Nov 18, 2015
lifted nose, floral, ripe Fresh, ripe dark fruit and some nice meat Such a complete wine and seems fresher than recent vintages I've had
2013 vintage
Taster #6667
· May 5, 2012
87/100
Nice wine. Old world nose with earth, a hint of black pepper and leather. A smooth black currant came through after a while. In the mouth it was thin, but ont harsh at all. Lacks finish, though. Nice wine for the price, I wasn't expecting too much and liked it. Personally I wouldn't keep much longer but should hold up well until 2013.
2007 vintage
Taster #1526
· Dec 21, 2010
86/100
Ruby red with a lovely expressive nose: aromas of cooked bacon, green pepper, blackcurrant leaf and thyme. Delicate and fresh on the palate with light spicy tannins. Like the nose the flavours are earthy and savoury rather than fruity with graphite, green pepper and smoky coffee notes. Lovely and good value.
2007 vintage
Taster #0584
· Oct 4, 2010
87/100
Decanted two hours. Candied cherries on the nose and palate, slightly Beaujolais-like. Nice structure for the price. A touch of quality oak. The candied aspect of the fruit is bothersome, but everything else is solid for a $14 Lebanese wine.
2007 vintage
Taster #0584
· Sep 23, 2010
89/100
Corks: Mediterranean (Rossford, OH) : Great nose - dark and minty. Good structure, nice food wine. Creamy oak.
2007 vintage
Taster #2936
· May 20, 2010
London Wine Fair - day three (London) : Soft fruit on the entry with a touch of sweetness but then tannic bite coming through. Purple colour - short finish. Average.
2007 vintage
Taster #2020
· Mar 1, 2010
82/100
Not decanted, perhaps I should have. This has a really lovely nose of rubber, dark fruits and what I think is rosemary. The palate however is basil, black currant and more rubber - a bit of a disappointment after the nose. I want to say this will settle in 2-3 years but I dont feel like what fruit there is will last.
2007 vintage
Taster #4089
· Jan 6, 2010
78/100
color deep ruby shinny look, nose herbaceous with licorice hints, the pallet is fruity but rise at the end uncomfortable sharp tannins that obscures the finesse and the fruits
2007 vintage
Taster #0529
· Nov 8, 2009
75/100
13,5/20 Rubis avec qq reflets orang�s au pourtour. Au nez bois� bien pr�sent sans trop. Fruit, cassis. Bonne expression En bouche l'attaque s'av�re charnu mais avec une sensation de vieux tonneau qui ont d�j� donn�es.... Cela arrondit un peu trop.... si bien que le c�t� fruit� s'estompe rapidement. Dommage.... Trop de bois. � consommer sans attendre.
2007 vintage
Taster #4998
· May 12, 2009
89/100
13% A very attractive nose here. Lots of floral lift and scent. On the palate, there's nice, attractive, open fruit. The tannins become somewhat astringent on the finish. Good structure and balance. Nice.
2007 vintage