Massaya Lebanon Arak (375ml) Reasonable Cellar pure expression of Pinot Noir

pure expression of Pinot Noir without any oak influence

100-percent California native Merced Rye mashbill and is aged in custom-charred American white oak barrels for up to 6 years

The result is a wine with real texture but no flash

Ryan Stirm's minimalist project keeps finding California's overlooked corners

The vines span Crezancy

Massaya Lebanon Arak (375ml) Reasonable Cellar pure expression of Pinot NoirPossibly the most Lebanese thing you can put in a glass. Massaya is the Ghosn brothers' operation on the Tanail property in the Bekaa Valley, and they make their arak the old way: indigenous Obeidi grapes, triple distilled in copper alembics, flavored with green aniseed, then rested about two years in handmade clay jars from Beit Chabab. Clay, not oak, so nothing at all gets between you and the anise. The ritual matters here, so do it properly: arak