Massaya Lebanon Arak (375ml) Wine Bar | Featured White cherry and violet aromas

cherry and violet aromas

though it is already hard to put down

The result bridges bourbon and wine: vanilla and caramel from the spirit

banana bread

whereas in the mouth it stays fresh

Massaya Lebanon Arak (375ml) Wine Bar | Featured White cherry and violet aromasPossibly 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