Musar @ Mohsen
Mohsen, Warwick Road, London
Tasted Wednesday, February 10, 2010 by Rupert with 550 views
Introduction
A wine-pages offline, where the wines started off just fine. I find Musar makes me enebriated in a way that no other wine does, and by the time we got on to the 1990s vintages I was very squiffy indeed. But the consensus was that all the younger wines showed disappointingly. Not sure why.
2001 Chateau Musar Blanc 90 Points
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
Mildly oxidative, smooth, lush, spicy - tastes like a red in fact - lovely
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1998 Chateau Musar Blanc Flawed
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
Corked
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1990 Chateau Musar Blanc 92 Points
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
Oxidative and savoury, bites you on entry, like an old style white rioja, but softer textured - showed brilliantly tonight
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1995 Chateau Musar Rosé
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
Tingly, sharp, a touch medicinal, some grip on the finish - interesting
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1970 Chateau Musar 91 Points
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
Full, dark, opulent and fruity, velvet texture, refined for a Musar
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1977 Chateau Musar Flawed
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
Corked. Like the last bottle I had five years ago. And like the last bottle, one could detect under the taint, a wine of thrilling focus and bite
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1980 Chateau Musar 88 Points
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
Round, ripe, sweet, old, soft and fruit cakey - an attractive old lady
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1988 Chateau Musar 89 Points
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
Volatile, deep, milky, concentrated, a bit of grip, very rich
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1989 Chateau Musar 90 Points
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
Volatile, sharp and edgy, but very substantial, perhaps could do with some more charm
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1990 Chateau Musar 91 Points
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
Next to the 1989, this was a much smaller, shorter wine, but it was broad, smooth and sweet, and altogether more charming
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1991 Chateau Musar
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
Sharp, edgy, spicy, of course, direct, but a bit coarse
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1993 Chateau Musar
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
Big, too alcoholic, hard to taste
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1994 Chateau Musar
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
Even bigger than the 93, even more alcohol - sweet, heavy, port-like - not for me
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1995 Chateau Musar
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
What's happening here - sharp, hot, over-alcoholic, just like the three preceding vintages
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1996 Chateau Musar
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
Lighter, and more medicinal on the palate, lifted and sweet - much nicer than the preceding quartet.
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1997 Chateau Musar
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
Back to spirity and alcoholic, too hot
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1998 Chateau Musar
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
No recollection of this one.
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1999 Chateau Musar
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
Big Musar fragrance, but hot on the palate - not a patch on past bottles
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2000 Chateau Musar
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
One of the lighter ones, fresher, a bit pongy
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2003 Chateau Musar Hochar Père & Fils
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
Ripe and sweet, burly, rather attractive, but hard to assess at this stage of the evening
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2008 Chateau Musar Musar Jeune Red
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
A blast of beaujoloid freshness, simple, attractive
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