Merwah is an ancient white grape that has been used in winemaking and arak production for centuries. It is also the grape with which the Jesuits, who founded Château Ksara in the mid-18th century, would have been familiar when they pioneered viniculture in the Bekaa Valley. A hardy, long-ripening grape that delivers body, flavor, texture with freshness. Château Ksara’s Merwah is made from 60-year-old vines, grown on pre-Phyloxerra rootstock in the North Lebanese, sea-facing village of Douma at 1,600 meters on sand and clay soil on bedrock.