2023 | Mersel Phoenix Skin Contact Merwah | Lebanon Domaine de Courcel Gossamer pink

Gossamer pink

It's been an extraordinary run with many exceptional wines

with super refined A wine with great beauty and finesse

95 Pts Wine Spectator

I Cacciagalli

2023 | Mersel Phoenix Skin Contact Merwah | Lebanon Domaine de Courcel Gossamer pinkThis "Phoenix" skin contact cuve is made from such centenarian vines. It's organically farmed, own rooted, and planted on sandy volcanic soils in the cooler climate Wadi Qannoubine Valley at 1300 meters above sea level. This is an area where many of the vineyards went untended for decades due to war, land mines, and people simply leaving the country. Three weeks on the skins in a mix of steel and amphora, it's lightly orange in color but retaines