In the Bekaa Valley stands an ancient monument dedicated to the Roman God of wine and grape harvest: The Temple of Bacchus. It’s part of the largest, best preserved temple ruins in the world. The Phoenicians had a deep respect for wine and being the original maritime traders, helped spread the love, and art of viticulture, to western Europe.

Many millennia later, this fertile valley would also be home to a young Sam Zein. While his family would end up moving half a world away, he never forgot the vine covered hillsides of his childhood.

It is what led him to the Geographe wine region of Western Australia. Just as Dr John Gladstone recognised that Margaret River’s soil and climate was similar to Bordeaux’s, Dr Sam Zein selected the Geographe fruit for its similarity to the historic vineyards of the Bekaa Valley.

Zein Estate produced fruit from a parcel of land in the Geographe Wine region of Western Australia. Each row perfectly positioned to soak up the energy of the sun and fed by nutrient and mineral rich rainwater, that is naturally filtered by the surrounding Jarrah and Marri forests. The gentle slopes ensures the soil remains well drained. The unique microclimate and the higher elevation, creates a stable growing season allowing the fruit to evolve with elegant and complex characters.

Great wine is made from a vineyard. Monumental wines draws on history and knowledge of what the Geographe land produces.