Community Tasting Note
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Keith Cooper Likes this wine: 90 points
December 16, 2019 - This is a great wine, certainly non mainstream and you'll either love it or hate it. However, to enjoy Musar, it is essential (a) to open and decant it at least 2 hours in advance of drinking, perhaps double that time if you can; and (b) drink it with food and savour it over a couple of hours as it changes and develops in the glass. If you just open it and pour, you may well not like it. In the glass, the colour is medium garnet. The nose and palate show an ever changing combination of violets, earthiness, minerality, brambly fruit, sloes. The aromas are fascinating and I find this style unique to Lebanon. I have deliberately drunk only 75% of the bottle. Musar can often keep for several days after opening, so I'll be keen to see how it is after a couple of days in the decanter. A real experience and brings back great memories of the legendary Serge Hochar who made this wine for so many years.
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2 Comments
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Brentw1 commented:
12/16/19, 11:54 AM - Great review and sound advice...............I'm still shuddering at recalling a previous reviewer who popped and poured!
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ploher commented:
12/17/19, 12:46 AM - Interestingly, the 2002 I drank a week ago or so was fantastic right out of the bottle. But yes, decanting is definitely sensible and recommended. Don't know about the food requirement though. I love enjoying a great Musar by itself, without any "distractions". There is just so much going on in the glass ....
Btw: How was the rest of the bottle a day later?