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Chateau Marsyas
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Chateau Marsyas is a wine estate in the Marsyas Valley of Lebanon, known today as the Bekaa Valley. History Starting out in 2004 by the Johnny R. Saadé Family, Chateau Marsyas is located in the western half of the Bekaa in the village of Kefraya. Cited by Strabo and Pliny the Elder, Marsyas is the ancient name of the Bekaa valley situated between Mount Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon. It draws its name from the famous Phrygian Satyr who symbolized the freedom of man in the face of the Gods, and once defied Apollo in a musical contest to find himself flayed to death. Marsyas came also to symbolize the liberty of ancient autonomous cities. A follower of Dionysus, otherwise known as Bacchus, the God of wine, he was among the silenes who spread the culture of wine in the ancient world. The Marsyas Valley, also known to the ancient Arabs as Noah’s Valley in reference to the alleged burial site of the biblical prophet, is primarily known for the sacred temples of Baalbek/Heliopolis, the city of the sun in which eastern and western worshipping cults took place. Stephane Derenoncourt, the well-known and celebrated Bordeaux consultant of Chateau Marsyas, relates the beginning of his collaboration with the Saadé Family: “I was overwhelmed by the beauty of the site and the diversity of soils: Everything was set to start this beautiful adventure. More familiar to my palate, the Bekaa valley located between arid mountains, offers already well-known limestone soils. To take a leading place in Lebanese wine production is a seducing challenge”. Geography and Climate Chateau Marysas is located at an altitude of 900 meters. The Wine The wine is made of Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Merlot for the red, and Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay for the white. 
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