CHâTEAU MUSAR 1999

TASTING NOTES

"Some like it, some don't, but Musar is a legendary wine as far as I'm concerned. One of the things I love most about it is how each vintage is strikingly different to the last. This 1999 is drinking superbly at the moment. Muscular and complex, with a unique, deliberately volatile tang." - Ben Greene, E-commerce manager.

The top wine of Château Musar is always a tricky one to describe, so unique are its flavours. The blend of Cinsault, Carignan and Cabernet Sauvignon combined with the distinctive climate of the Bekaa Valley and many years of ageing before release produces a wine that can sometimes seem like a Bordeaux, sometimes a Burgundy, but perhaps more often a great wine from the Southern Rhône or an old Rioja. At its best, it is astonishingly complex, with lots of secondary characteristics; leather, spice and earth complementing the sweet and tangy red fruit. You either love it or you hate it. We absolutely love it.

PRODUCER NOTES

Musar. A wine that has survived war, commercial wilderness and even comments that it has a ‘weird, briney note to some vintages’. Why? Because it is one of the most interesting, unique and complex wines in the world. Its grapes are grown in the Bekaa valley, the ‘bread basket’ of ancient Rome, and transported over the high coastal range to Serge Hochar, son of the founder Gaston.

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