Dar Richi – Hanan

Red Still Wine

Dar Richi Hanan was created by a Syrian refugee named Abdullah Richi who moved to Lebanon to escape the atrocities of the Syrian war. Abdullah was interested in winemaking and through observational learning with our wine maker, Eddie Chami, he developed this red still wine and named it after his wife – Hanan.

Description

Dar Richi – Hanan 2018

Minimum Intervention Red Wine

About the winemaker: Abdullah Richi is a Syrian refugee living and making wines in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. His dream is to return to Syria one day and make wines there. Terra Sancta can’t wait to support him in this vision.

Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon (60%), Malbec (29%), Sangiovese (11%)

Farming: Organic

Yield: 15hL / Ha

Region: Bousit – North Lebanon (800m)

Alcohol Content: 14%

Residual Sugar: 0 g/L

PH Level: 3.4

SO2: 19 PPM

Winemaking: Picked at the beginning of September and destemmed into stainless tanks, the wine is fermented for 10 days at 25 degrees celsius and racked off skins. The wines go through Malolactic Fermentation naturally, they are racked twice before being bottled in late spring.

Best Opened: Best to open at 18 degrees celsius as one would a red wine