Community Tasting Notes 495

• RajivAyyangar wrote:

  April 23, 2024 - w/alexF
  fur, brown sugar, tamari, dried cranberry and dried red cherry. softer and lighter style. not particularly assertive. Silky finish. Very musar - hello old friend! It's been a minute.

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• Neat Water Back Likes this wine:

  April 18, 2024 - This is drinking beautifully! Such an elegant, fragrant, floral nose.
  
  We drank this basically as a PnP. Fortunately, the bottle was stored properly and the restaurant didn’t know what they had, we received a great deal on the bottle. Unfortunately, they were not prepared to remove the cork properly with 20+ years of age.
  
  Regardless of the obstacles, this was drinking great. Light bricking at the edge of the wine in the glass but the aromatics just gave and gave. Some tannin is still there but they’re not super grippy, just right to enjoy with a steak or to ponder thoughts while you enjoy a glass.

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• LandCruiser Likes this wine: 93 points

  March 27, 2024 - What a treat- the color is Toyota Land Cruiser rust , aroma of spice , strawberries , cherries, liquorish. Medium on the tongue , tannins still noticeably present for 23+years.
  
  Advice:
  1) Open with Durand corkscrew (or similar)
  2) Use a coffee filter when pouring into a decanter
  3) 55-65 temp when serving

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• Ernestas Likes this wine: 93 points

  March 8, 2024 - Always a pleasure to return to an aged Musar. Made from a blend of CS, Cinsault and Carignan, fermented in cement, aged in oak for 12 months. Seems lighter in colour than 2002 or 2000. Medium+ intensity aroma of prunes, spices, dried cherries, blood, cigar box, leather, hint of tamarind. Medium+ body, rewarding rich spiced cherry and fig flavours, leather and smoky tobacco notes, structure is pleasantly leaner than for instance 2002, medium+ acidity, extra fine tannins.

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• Renevin Likes this wine: 91 points

  February 16, 2024 - Nez discret mais avec de belles notes de tabac, fumée, cuir. En bouche ampleur moyenne, tanins fondus. Tout en rondeur. Finale sur des notes de tabac et de cuir

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2001
• Type Red
• Producer Chateau Musar
• Varietal Red Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Lebanon
• Region Bekaa Valley
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation n/a
• UPC Codes 2057369110107, 2617327078995, 4000133906930, 5017469110107, 5017469110206, 5017469119803, 5017469119902, 5017469120106, 5017469130105, 5017469770707, 611482012995, 611482022567, 611482375014, 8437011795755

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• Pending Delivery 46 (1%)
• In Cellars 3,328 (51%)
• Consumed 3,204 (49%)

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