Massaya Lebanon Arak (375ml) Reasonable Cellar Ryan Stirm's minimalist project keeps

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

The vines span Crezancy

pure expression of Pinot Noir without any oak influence

honest red that tastes like its wild high-plains home

Massaya Lebanon Arak (375ml) Reasonable Cellar Ryan Stirm's minimalist project keepsPossibly 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