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  • Country ranking ?

    6
  • Producer ranking ?

    5
  • Decanting time

    1h
  • 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 befor...

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Wine Information

1960 Château Musar ( Lebanon)

The 1960 was the first vintage made with new philosophy brought by Serge Hochar to the wine making process: no additives, no fining, no treatment and no filtration applied to the wines.
This fifty-year old bottle looked like new, and had excellent by the neck level. Very dark, and deep, mature-looking appearance. Sound and clean bouquet with wonderful scented flavors of chocolate, vanilla and strawberry fru...

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Tasting note

color

Deep

ending

Long, Smooth and Lingering

flavors

Vanilla

nose

Refined

recommend

Yes

taste

Complex, Multi-dimensional, Well-structured, Full-bodied, Full, Elegant and Sweet

Written Notes

Musar 1960/ The 1960 was the first vintage made with new philosophy brought by Serge Hochar to the wine making process: no additives, no fining, no treatment and no filtration applied to the wines. This forty-year old bottle looked like new, and had excellent by the neck level. Very dark, and deep, mature-looking appearance. Sound and clean bouquet with wonderful scented flavors of chocolate, vanilla and strawberry fruit. Surprisingly full-bodied and complex wine. Still very sweet on the palate with soft, melted tannins and has a long and lingering, smooth aftertaste – Vau, this one was a lot enhanced and more youthful than the previous two bottles I have tasted. The old saying “there are no great wines, only great bottles” rings a bell again! For me Chateau Musar is the best wine of the 1960 vintage. Grand effort Serge! 92 points
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Origin

Ghazir, Bekaa Valley
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