Massaya Beqaa Valley Gold Reserve 2012 Wine Seminar only ever in 5 barrel

only ever in 5 barrel batches

Red and blue fruit leap from the glass alongside notes of cherry

focused on freshness and the grape's natural mountain-cool acidity

The key is toasted flaked rice alongside Canadian pilsner malt and American barley

Massaya Beqaa Valley Gold Reserve 2012 Wine Seminar only ever in 5 barrelAt 13 years old, the 2012 Gold Reserve is the mature flagship of Massaya's Lebanese range, and it is drinking beautifully right now. This is the wine where Sami and Ramzi Ghosn's French partners, the Bruniers of Vieux Telegraphe and Dominique Hebrard of Cheval Blanc, lean into a Bordelais frame: half Cabernet Sauvignon, with Mourvedre and Syrah filling out the body, aged nine months in new French oak. Time in bottle has done its work. The fruit has