Wine Tasting Tour in the Batroun Region

Gaston Hochar created Chateau Musar in 1930, when he was only 20 years old, inspired by Lebanon’s 6,000-year winemaking heritage and his experiences in Bordeaux. Following the French mandate in the 1920s, his ‘wines with noblesse’ highly pleased top commanders in the army. Major Ronald Barton of Château Langoa-Barton, who was stationed in Lebanon during WWII, became a close friend, cementing the bonds between Chateau Musar and Bordeaux that still exist today. Chateau Musar’s wines are one-of-a-kind representations of a country with a historic wine-making history, since vines have been planted in Lebanon’s high altitude Bekaa Valley for over 6,000 years.

IXSIR’s aim is to bring to light Lebanon’s greatest terroirs, some of which have long been neglected. IXSIR’s vineyards are distributed over Lebanon’s highlands on clay-calcareous and limestone soil, from Batroun to Jezzine, and benefit from microclimates that are unique to Lebanon. The vineyards of IXSIR reach an elevation of 1,800 meters, making them the highest in the Northern Hemisphere.