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    61
  • Producer ranking ?

    42
  • Decanting time

    45min
  • When to drink

    Now

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The Story

The red is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan and Cinsault. Serge Hochar, who has been involved with the property since 1959, states that the Cabernet Sauvignon provides "the bones and the skeleton to the wine, the Carignan the flesh and muscle and the Cinsault the silky smooth finesse".

Musar wines are unique in that Hochar blends the varietals only after they have spent three years in barrels and then waits a further four years before releasing the end result. This gives time for each variety to unfold its own character. The wines are extremely long-lived, with the best examples lasting for 20-30 years.

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Wine Information

1999 was an exceptional year, starting with a dry winter, leading to a fresh spring and good flowering (although yields were reduced by lack of water). Summer was mild; July and August were cloudy; September was hot and sunny, enabling grapes to achieve high levels of alcohol, acidity and extract.

“Chateau Musar uses native grape varieties, each vinified separately, spending one year in tank, two in oak, the final blend made, like mixing paints on a palette, by Serge Hochar, a true artist of wine. At any rate, I admire the results, which are, for the foregoing reasons, noticeably different each year. I am currently enjoying the 1999. Not claret, nor Burgundy, not Rhône but Lebanon.” – MICHAEL BROADBENT, DECANTER, APRIL 2009.

The Chateau Musar Red 1999 is listed in ‘1001 WINES YOU MUST TASTE BEFORE YOU DIE’ by Neil Beckett and Hugh Johnson October 2009.

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Written Notes

1999 Chateau Musar rouge: A little lighter ruby than the preceding 2005. I’m not submitting notes for the 2005 this time because the wine didn’t speak to me. The 1999 was more musky and autumnal on the nose, with a touch of copper. Leaner palate, very rich, velvety and integrated. Shorter than the 2005 but developing more secondary flavors. More savory and spicy with violets and Nebbiolo character.

Moderately light, bright, ruby red colour. Less pronounced nose, peppery, sweet red fruits, strawberries and raspberries with bubble gum aromas. Dry, moderate level of acidity, supple and round tannins with delicately intense ripe red fruitiness. Medium-bodied wine lacking complexity but nice intensity for short term ageing 4-6 years.

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Ghazir, Bekaa Valley
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